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3 CITY 6 ELUSIVE ORDER 5 STATE ZERO TOLERANCE TOWARDS CORRUPTION, Two years after the withdrawal of J&K’s NO TRACE OF MISSING PERSONS special status, Kashmir is far from coming AS NDRF WITHDRAWS GOVT’S FIRM RESOLVE: CS to terms with the unprecedented move. On Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Friday reaffirmed the day of its second anniversary, 5 August, The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been government’s resolve of zero tolerance towards corruption THINK this was evident. While the BJP held rallies withdrawn from the rescue operation even as there is adding that technology is enabler for better and transparent... across J&K, including across the country... still no trace of 19 persons who went missing following..

Widom BJP Leader’s Overnight House Attacked, Security Tightened Across Kashmir It always seems impossible until it’s done Highway Child Killed Ahead Of I-Day Celebrations —Nelson Mandela 6 Family Members Press Trust Of India Injured in Attack Encounter Ends SRINAGAR: Security has been Press Trust Of India beefed up in Kashmir ahead IGP Says A “Dreaded Pakistani of the Independence Day JAMMU: A three-year-old child celebrations as the forces are Terrorist”, Killed With Rocket Launcher succumbed to injuries he sustained resorting to “technical sur- Man Held With IED- after militants lobbed a grenade veillance” including the use Fitted Sticky Bombs on the residence of a BJP leader in of drones to monitor the situ- JAMMU: A major tragedy was Rajouri, officials said Friday. ation, officials said on Friday. averted when government forces Veer was among the seven Police and paramilitary seized an improvised explosive members of BJP leader Jasbir forces have been deployed device-fitted four sticky bombs Singh’s family who were injured in strength at many places in from a man in Jammu and Kashmir’s in the attack on his house in the city and elsewhere in the Poonch district on Friday, police of- Khandli area of the district last Valley to thwart any attempts ficials said. On information provided night, they said. by militants to disrupt the by the Border Security Force, a joint Veer succumbed to his injuries celebrations, they said. places across the valley, es- Cricket Stadium here and checking party of police, BSF and during treatment at the government The officials said a random pecially around the venues of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Army was deployed  More On P10 medical college hospital in Rajouri search of vehicles and check- the August 15 functions. Sinha will preside over it. around midnight, sources said. ing and frisking of people is They said the main function Inspector General of Police, The body been handed over to being carried out at several will be held at Sher-e-Kashmir Kashmir, Vijay  More On P10 LG Performs Chhari the family for last rites, they said. Mubarak Pujan The BJP strongly condemned SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Press Trust Of India national highway in Jammu the attack and appealed to the J&K Logs 129 New Manoj Sinha on Friday performed and Kashmir was killed in an police to immediately arrest MPs Panel Arriving In Amarnathji Chhari Mubarak pujan on SRINAGAR: Security forces encounter in Kulgam district, those responsible for it. The inci- Coronavirus Cases Shravan Shukal Panchami in pres- achieved a major success as officials said Friday. dent triggered protests by locals Kashmir On Four-Day Visit ence of Shri Deependra Giri ji, Mah- a Pakistani militant plan- They said the overnight en- and the BJP leader’s kin who al- Observer Monitoring Desk ant Chhari Mubarak Amarnathji at ning an attack along the counter began  More On P10 leged Singh was not provided Pollution Of Lakes, provisioning, procurement of Mahadev Gir Dashnami Akhada here. enough security. machines and status of im- SRINAGAR: As many as 129 While performing the Chhari Singh was also injured in the Waste Management plementation of waste man- more people tested positive Mubarak pujan the Lt Governor CRPF Man, 2 Civilians attack. Rules On Their Agenda agement rules with special for Coronavirus in Jammu and prayed for sustained peace, pros- Soon after the attack, police reference to Swachh Bharat Kashmir on Friday while no perity in J&K, and well-being of its Injured In Sopore Blast and security force conducted Zaid Bin Shabir Mission, reads an official com- virus related fatality was people, an official spokesperson said. searches in and around the town. muniqué, a copy of which lies reported from the He said that the holy Mace will leave hree people, including a CRPF head constable were injured on Friday in a SRINAGAR: A parliamentary with Kashmir Observer. Union Territory for its next destination  More On P10 grenade attack in Sopore town of Baramulla district. Perpetrators Will Be Brought panel will visit Kashmir Valley The visiting delegation will during the last TUnknown militants on Friday afternoon lobbed a grenade towards a To Justice: LG on a four day tour from August focus on the administrative 24 hours. Govt Transfers CRPF team near State Bank of India (SBI) in Main Chowk, Sopore that explod- 16 to look into the provision- development and people’s According ed with a bang, officials said. In the grenade attack, a CRPF head constable Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant ing, procurement of machines welfare under the Swachh to the of- Five Officers and two civilians received splinter injuries. The trio, officials said,  More On Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday and status of implementa- Bharat Mission. ficials, 63 SRINAGAR: Government on Friday condemned the attack on a BJP lead- tion of waste management According to the order, the fresh cases of transferred five officers in the in the er's house in Rajouri district, which rules with special reference to delegation is expected to visit Covid-19 were interest of administration with im- IT IS AFTER A LONG TIME THAT RPG-7 has left a three-year-old child dead, and Swachh Bharat Mission. Srinagar’s Dal Lake on August reported from mediate effect. Smita Sethi (JKAS), said the perpetrators of the heinous The standing Rajya Sabha 17 to bring forth the issues Kashmir Valley while Director, Social Welfare, Jammu, been recovered (in Kashmir) and the police act will be brought to justice soon. committee will arrive in related with controlling pollu- 66 were detected from has been transferred and posted as and security forces have averted a major "My deepest condolences to Kashmir on a four-day study tion in the Lakes of J&K and on Jammu division, taking the to- Managing Director, SIDCO. “She shall incident. I am proud of the police and security forces.” family &  More On P10 tour starting from August August 18, the delegation will tal number of people infected also hold the charge of the post of 16 and will look into the arrive  More On P10 since the  More On P10 Managing Director, SICOP, in addition to her own duties, till further orders,” reads a government order. Atul LG To Honour ...PATHANKOT AIRBASE ATTACK Sharma, Managing  More On P10 Govt To Act Against Violators 50 Covid Warriors Soura Placed Under Of Migrant Property Act Drone Surveillance On Aug 15 British Journalist Couple Makes SRINAGAR: Police on Friday placed ‘Doctors, Healthcare Workers Dept Ordered To Develop Portal To Anchar and adjacent areas of Soura Set A New Benchmark For Sensational Claims In New Book under drone watch to ensure smooth The Entire Country’ Help KPs File Applications Press Trust Of India of gunmen wearing Indian conduct of August 15 celebrations. Observer News Service army fatigues waded through Firdaus Ali Principal Secretary, Revenue Police carried out a successful drone NEW DELHI: Corrupt local a branch of the Ravi river on Department, Shaleen Kabra. surveillance exercise over Anchar and SRINAGAR: Asserting that the police officers" were sus- the India-Pakistan Punjab SRINAGAR: Two days after par- The order also ordered that adjacent areas, a police spokesper- doctors and healthcare work- pected to have scouted the border. Arriving on the Indian liament was informed that nine the application filed on the por- son said Friday. He said several high- ers in Jammu and Kashmir Pathankot airbase before the side, the men hijacked ve- properties of Kashmiri Pandits in tal to be disposed of in a fixed end drones are being utilised for the have set a new benchmark for terror attack at the IAF facil- hicles and drove towards the Jammu and Kashmir have been time-frame under the Public said purpose. “The drone surveillance the entire country, Lieutenant ity in 2016 and one of them sprawling Pathankot Air Force restored to the original owners, Service Guarantee Act, 2011 by is being used More On P10  Governor, Manoj Sinha on identified a no-surveillance base. Scaling a perimeter wall, the Union Territory administra- the Revenue authorities under Friday announced to honour spot which was used by the they recovered in the long tion on Friday ordered creation of intimation to the applicant. Ladakh Reports 50 ‘Covid Warriors’ during raiders to heave ammunition, grass and then ran towards a an online portal to facilitate que- “The competent author- the August 15 celebrations. grenades, mortars, and AK- residential compound where ries and complaints by migrants ity (District Magistrate) shall 9 Covid Cases Recognising the selfless 47s, a new book has claimed. the first gun fight crackled. about their properties. undertake survey/ field veri- LEH: Ladakh recorded no fresh death services rendered by the This claim has been made Four attackers were killed “The department of disas- fication of migrant proper- from coronavirus while nine more COVID Warriors, including by journalists Adrian Levy and as also three members of the ter management relief, reha- ties and update all registers, people tested positive, according to doctors, paramedics, nurses, Cathy Scott-Clark in their book World of the R.A.W. and the I.S.I." Indian security forces. Four bilitation and reconstruction within a period of 15 days and the latest health update. orderlies, drivers and oth- "Spy Stories: Inside the Secret On January 2, 2016, a team more Indian  More On P10 will develop an online portal submit compliance report to Of the new cases reported Thursday, ers in managing the pan- for filing of applications by the Divisional Commissioner, seven were recorded in Leh and two demic, the LG said that the the migrants for correction of Kashmir,” reads the order. in Kargil, officials said, adding four way men and women health AT LEAST FOUR REPORTS HAD SUGGESTED that rivers (and dry records/demarcation and re- The order also warns that people recovered from the disease. care workers have vaccinated creaks) were vulnerable spots, but no nets were pegged across moval of encroachments/ tres- any violation of the J&K With the fresh updates, the total people in difficult and snow- them. There were no extra patrols, despite six written requests. passing and alienation by way Migrant Immoveable Property number of cases in the union territory bound areas by walking 18- Surveillance technology and movement trackers had not been deployed." of fraud or distress, etc,” reads (Preservation, Protection and goes to 20,430, with 87 active cases 20 kms, has set a new bench- an order issued on Friday by Restraint on  More On P10 -- 67 in Leh and 20 in  More On P10 mark for the  More On P10 Friday Prayers Not Allowed In 98,000 Kashmiri Migrants Given Jamia Masjid, Hazratbal Shrine Domicile Certificates Till June Press Trust Of India Observer Monitoring Desk Friday prayers were resumed at Jamia Masjid only last week JAMMU: As many as 98,600 SRINAGAR: Friday prayers after remaining suspended for Kashmiri migrants have been were again suspended at the more than three months to pre- issued domicile certificates till historic Jamia Masjid in the vent spread of COVID 19. the end of June, officials said downtown and Hazratbal No congregational prayers here on Friday. shrine following fresh adviso- were also allowed at Hazratbal Giving the breakup, officials ry by the administration limit- shrine which houses the Holy said 90,430 domicile certificates ing gatherings to 25 people in Relic of Prophet Muhammad. were issued to displaced Kashmiri the Union Territory. However, people who had as- Pandits, while 2,340 families of No Friday prayers were held sembled there offered prayers displaced Kashmiri Pandits were in the historic Masjid today, said on the road as shrine was registered as fresh migrants. Of Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid closed due to COVID. Friday these, 8,170 individuals received supervised and monitored the (AAJM), headed by moderate prayers were held in other ma- the domicile certificate. operation of issuance of domicile Hurriyat Conference (HC) chair- jor worship places, including Similarly, 2,988 families of certificates and fresh registration man Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar at the shrine of Hazrat Goulsul displaced Persons of Pakistan of displaced Kashmiri Pandits Farooq, who is under house ar- Azam Dastigeer Khanyar and controlled Jammu and Kashmir and those from PcK, said the pro- rest since August 5, 2019. Hazrat Syed Sahib Sonwar. (PcK) livings outside Jammu cess had begun in July last year. The UT administration has People participated in congre- and Kashmir have also been Any Kashmiri Pandit and dis- recently issued an order that gational Friday prayers in other registered and domicile certifi- placed person, who may have only 25 person are allowed to mosques and worship places. cate issued to them, they said. left Kashmir in 1944 before attend any function in Jammu Meanwhile, Anjuman Auqaf, Relief and Rehabilitation Independence and has proof of Students cross a wooden bridge to reach a community school in a remote village in Budgam district on Friday. KO Photo, Abid Bhat and Kashmir. the management  More On P10 commissioner T K Bhat, who owning  More On P10 To place an advertisement CALL +91-194 2502327 KASHMIR Monday - Saturday (9am - 6pm) OBSERVER No 5- Dal Lake Boulevard Srinagar, 190001, Kashmir Saturday| 14-08-2021

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Now, therefore, it is notified for the information of GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR UT the general, public that representation/ Objection, if any in connection with proposed transfer will be received within 7 days from the date of publication of this notice in the daily newspa- SHER- I- KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES per Kashmir Observer to the address of undersigned. No, representation/ objection shall be considered unless it is OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER CIVIL made writing it is made in the aforesaid period. NOJK-RTOK 5488 Sd/- WORKS DIVISION BEMINA SRINAGAR Dated: 10/08/2021 Regional Transport Office, Kashmir SHORT TERM TENDER NOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS N.I.T no: - SKIMS/WDB/01 0f 2021 Dated: -09.08.2021 Public Notice For and on behalf of the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir UT, E-Tenders are invited from experienced Civil Contractors registered with Public Notice PWD/CPWD/MES for the following work at SKIMS Medical College and Hospital Bemina, Srinagar in three covers as mentioned below:- My name has Wrongly mentioned in HDFC insurance policy bear- S. Name of the work Adv. Cost Class of Earnest Cost of T.D Time of Completion ing policy no :- 18522993 As Mr Mohd Mochi instead of Mohd Rajab My husband's DOB has been Wrongly mentioned in his Death No Cont. Money Mochi Son of Ab Kareem Mochi which needs immediate correction certificate As 01-04-1950 (71 yrs old ) instead of 1/4 /1960 (61 Annual maintenance contract for Civil works (Stage ”AAY” Rs Rs 1100/- Upto ending March 2022. . If any body have any objection in this regard may contact to HDFC yrs old ), as per Adhaar card, which needs immeidate correction contract) for the year 2021-2022 upto ending March 2022 Rs 30.00 lacs. & “BEE” 60,000/- standard life insurance company limited Srinagar with in seven . If any body have any objection may contact to police station days after that no objection will be entertained. Qalamabad within seven days after that no objection will be ac- cepted. The detailed tender documents consisting of Bill of quantities (B.O.Q), set of Terms and Conditions of contract etc and other details can be seen/ Name:- Mohd Rajab Mochi down loaded from website www.jktenders.gov.in from 12.08.2021 to 20.08.2021 (4.00 PM) against tender document fee deposited upto 20.08.2021 S/0:- Ab Kareem mochi Applicant's Name:- Mugli Bagum (4.00 PM) in the shape of demand draft, pledged to Chief Accounts Officer SKIMS MCH Bemina Srinagar. R/0:- 65 Harel P/0 Langate Near Masjid Sharif sult W/0:- Late Ali Mohd Shah Interested contractors/firms may send online E-tenders for the above work upto 20.08.2021 (4.00 P.M) along with scanned copies of following P/S kralgund , District kupwara , Pin code :- 193302 R/0:- Sharhama Lach SULT documents:- 1. Tender document fee receipt deposited upto 20.08.2021 in the shape of demand draft should be pledged to Chief Accounts Officer SKIMS MCH Bemina Srinagar. 2. Earnest money in the shape of CDR/FDR/TDR as indicated above from any nationalized/scheduled bank pledged to Chief Accounts Officer SKIMS MCH Bemina. 3. N.I.T No. & the Name of work should be reflected on the back side of Demand Draft & CDR/FDR. 4. Latest Documents viz-a viz Tin No., Pan Card No./GST No. (valid upto last date of uploading bids). 5. Valid Contractor Registration Certificate issued by the competent authority should be duly renewed for the year 2021-2022. 6. Hard copy of tender document duly signed by the bidder & on each page as an acceptance of the N.I.T conditions. 7. The mandatory documents as mentioned from S.no:- 1 to 4 are required to the necessarily uploaded within specified time or otherwise the bids shall be straightway rejected. Hard copies of above documents original tender document fee receipt, CDR/FDR/TDR and attested copies of other documents should reach the office of the I/C Executive Engineer Civil SKIMS Medical College & Hospital Bemina Srinagar, by 21.08.2021 upto 3.00 P.M for its securitization and reference or otherwise the bids shall not be entertained. The Technical bid shall be opened in the Camp office of Chief Engineer SKIMS Medical College & Hospital Bemina, on 23.08.2021 at 11.30 A.M or on any subsequent date convenient to the Chief Engineer/Tender Opening Committee. No: - SKIMS/MCH/308/21/398-407 Dated: - 09.08.2021. Sd/- I/C Executive Engineer Civil DIPK-NB-2553/21 Works Division SKIMS Medical College Hospital Bemina, Sgr.

Office of the Chief Town Planner Town Planning Organisation Kashmir Habitat Centre Tel: 0194-2490840 NH Bypass, Bemina Srinagar E-mail: [email protected] REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) for Selection of Consultant for Conducting Detailed Topographical Surveys and Preparing Base Maps for Local Area Plan (LAP) and Town Planning Scheme (TPS) in Srinagar 1. For and on the behalf of Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, the Chief Town Planner, Town Planning Organization, Kashmir invites Technical and Financial proposals from eligible consultants to Conduct Detailed Topographical Surveys and Preparing Base Maps for Local Area Plan (LAP) & Town Planning Scheme (TPS) areas in Srinagar Planning Area. The details on the Services are provided in the RFP document which can be downloaded from www.jktenders.gov.in w.e.f 11.08.2021. 2. The digitally signed Proposals shall be submitted through online mode no later than 10.09.2021 as per the format given in RFP. 3. A firm will be selected under Least Cost Selection (LCS) subject to meeting the minimum technical score (70) and in a proposal format as described in the RFP. 4. Bidders shall submit following documents along with their proposal: a. Bid Document Fee b. Bid Security Declaration c. Power of attorney for authorised representative d. Technical bid and forms as desired in RFP e. Financial bid and forms as desired in the RFP 5. The Bid will be rejected in case the Bidder has submitted the conditional bid and/or the specifications of the terms to be supplied, are not complied with the RFP. 6. The original copies of Bid Security Declaration, Bid Document Fee, PoA of Authorised Representative etc shall be submitted as per below address by or before Due date (10-09-2021, 3:00 PM).

Chief Town Planner Address: DIPK-6554/21 Town Planning Organisation Kashmir Office of the Chief Town Planner, Town Planning Organization, Kashmir Habitat Centre, N/H Bypass, Bemina, Srinagar-190008 Tel/Fax No: 0194-2490840 NIT No:- DT/M&W/K/ 23 /111-115/TD, Email: [email protected] NIT: 02/CTPK of 2021 Dated: 11.08.2021 Dated: 12/08/2021 DIPK-6544/21 Page 1 of 5

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FIR KO CITY Saturday | 14.08.2021 03 Zero Tolerance Towards DIAL-EMMA Srinagar Admin Launches • TRAFFIC POLICE : 9419993745, 01998-266686 • PCR: 0194-2452092,2455883 Corruption, Govt’s Firm Resolve: CS • PDD: 0194-2450213 Drive For Cleaning Of Water • FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES : Inaugurates E-Office For ACB which, more than 90 per cent 2479488,2452222,2452155 Supply Treatment Plants cases were reverted back to GAD. • CAPD: 18001807011 Observer News Service redressal of grievances received Later, Chief Secretary inaugu- • SMC HEALTH OFFICER: 9469409081 Observer News Service and Overhead tank at Gadoo- on the application on daily ba- rated e-Office for J&K Anti Cor- AIRPORTS dbagh Habbakadal, Alasteng SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr. sis. He also directed the offi- ruption Bureau. SRINAGAR: In continuation to plant and other water supply Arun Kumar Mehta, Friday reaf- cers to improve the services of Chief Secretary said that the SHIEK UL ALAM AIRPORT: 01942303311 the ongoing cleanliness drive and treatment plants, besides firmed government’s resolve of e-vigilance clearance portal for objective of e-Office is to support RAILWAYS under Swachhta Pakhwada in they also raised awareness zero tolerance towards corrup- facilitation of employees. governance by ushering in more the district, the District Ad- among masses about the im- tion adding that technology is en- Director ACB informed the effective and transparent inter • SRINAGAR: 0194-2103259 ministration Srinagar Friday portance of cleanliness. abler for better and transparent Chief Secretary that this year and intra-government process- • ANANTNAG: 01932-228243 conducted a special cleanli- The cleanliness drives were functioning of administration. 61 cases were registered by ACB es. ‘The vision of e-Office is to • BARAMULLA: 0194-102029 HIJRI ness drive at various water also held at the Agriculture Chief Secretary stated this dur- and 32 charge-sheets have been achieve a simplified, responsive, • BIJBHERA: 01932-228243 CALENDAR supply and treatment plants complex Lal Mandi, District • PAMPORE: 01933-294132 and reservoirs across the dis- Horticulture Office, R&B Di- • PATTAN: 01954-293507 trict. The Drive was launched visions and other district of- • QAZIGUND: 01951-296153 on the directions of Deputy fices in Srinagar. Commissioner Srinagar, Mo- Earlier, the DC had called MUHARRAM5 hammad Aijaz Asad, as part for conducting special clean- HIGHWAY STATUS of ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ liness and sanitation drives • Sgrr-Jammu highway - (Open) campaign. across the district as part Mughal Road - (Open) During today’s cleanliness of ongoing Safai Abhiyan • 1443 drive, different teams of dis- (Swachhta Pakhwada) being • Srinagar- Leh- (Open) trict administration Srinagar celebrated from 1st of Au- in collaboration with Jal Shak- gust to 15th of August 2021 ti Department undertook with due participation of all cleanliness of 20 MGD and stakeholders especially the This Day in History 10 MGD plant Rangil, Sump youngsters. ing his visit to Anti-Corruption produced in various courts of effective and transparent work- Bureau (ACB) headquarters. law against the accused pub- ing of all government offices’, Dr. PRAYERS Interacting with the officers, lic servants. He also informed Mehta maintained. • 554 - Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantine military Dr. Mehta emphasized upon the that on the aspect of preventive He added that the e-office governor in Italy FAJR Srinagar Self Help officers to further speed up and vigilance, large number of alert will enhance transparency, • 1183 - Taira no Munemori and Taira clan take enhance disposal of cases be- notes and advisories were issued increase accountability, trans- young Emperor Antoku and 3 sacred treasures and 4:19 sides making use of modern and to various departments. form the government work flee to western Japan to escape Minamoto clan ZUHR Groups Interact With PM innovative technologies in ACB Regarding working of Satark culture and ethics besides pro- (Traditional Japanese date: 25th Day of the 7th on the lines of premier investi- Nagrik application, Director ACB moting innovation by releasing Month of the 2nd Year of Juei). 12: 35 Observer News Service tions (CLFs) and Village Level Or- gating agencies of the country to informed that 385 corruption re- staff energy and time from un- • 1281 - During Kublai Khan's Second Invasion of ganizations (VLOs). bring added efficiency in work- lated complaints were received productive procedures. Japan his invading Chinese fleet of 3,500 vessels ASR disappears in a typhoon near Japan Srinagar: The Members of Pan- During the deliberations of the ing of the Bureau. by bureau, of which, 64 were Speaking on the occasion, 1385 - Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, chayat Raj Institutions and various event the Prime Minister inter- Chief Secretary asked the of- disposed off and remaining 321 Commissioner Secretary GAD • 5:24 retain independence Self Help Groups (SHGs) of Sri- acted with selected SHG members ficers to fix timeline for disposal matters were referred to Depart- mentioned that use of technol- • 1498 - Christopher Columbus landed at the mouth MAGRIB nagar promoted under the Deen- who have come out of poverty of cases as per their pending pe- mental Vigilance Officers and are ogy has improved functioning of of the Orinoco River in what is now Venezuela dayal Antyodaya Yojana-National and have had very pathetic socio- riod ensuring that three months under process towards their end. the Bureau. He reaffirmed that • 1551 - Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli 7:23 Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY- economic conditions prior join- old cases should be disposed off Director ACB also apprised introduction of e-Office will help • 1743 - Prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning ISHA NRLM) Thursday interacted with ing Mission NRLM also known as in a month’s time. Chief Secretary that more than seamless connectivity between 2nd Silezian War Prime Minister through web-cast "UMEED" in Jammu and Kashmir. Dr. Mehta further asked 2500 cases were referred to ACB GAD and ACB besides monitoring • 1756 - French capture Fort Oswego, NY 8:51 (live-streaming) here at Meet- The participating members got the officers to use ‘SATARAK by GAD for vigilance clearance matters will become faster and • 1758 - Battle of Zorndorf: Prussia beats Russia, NAGRIK’ effectively ensuring through e-vigilance portal, of easier with ACB. 1000s killed • 1762 - English fleet occupies Havana • 1790 - Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Verela • 1813 - British warship Pelican attacks & captures US Apni Party Urges KPDCL To Waive war brigantine Argus • 1816 - Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha • 1862 - Abraham Lincoln receives the first group of Off Pending Bills Of Houseboats African Americans to confer with a US president • 1885 - Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor Observer News Service two and a half years. Their condition view the current circumstances due of a rust-proof paint. has become immensely miserable to the pandemic,” he demanded. • 1894 - Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge demonstrates SRINAGAR: Apni Trade Union State and the government must address The State Apni Trade Union Presi- wireless telegraphy (radio) using Morse code ing Hall of the DC office Srinagar inspired and motivated enough President Ajaz Kazmi on Thursday their genuine demands,” he said. dent said the houseboat owners at a meeting of the British Association for the which was facilitated by District while hearing the case studies met with the members of Kashmir Kazmi said the Association mem- regularly spend a huge amount on Advancement of Science at Oxford University Informatics Office Srinagar. and life changing experience of Houseboat Owners Association who bers demanded for an immedi- caulking so that the boats don’t sink • 1911 - United States Senate leaders begin to rotate The Prime Minister who was di- various SHG members who shared sought his intervention with regards ate waiver of electricity bills along but due to economical crunch they the office of President pro tempore (for the time rectly interacting with SHG mem- their experience after being part to their multiple grievances. with the rescheduling of minimum are unable to bear the cost of the being) of the Senate among leading candidates to bers across India under DAY-NRLM of NRLM. It has been learnt that In a statement, Kazmi said that Mo- monthly rental that is about Rs.1750 maintenance. fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death. aims at mobilising rural poor various skill related initiatives hammad Yaqoob Dunoo, Spokesper- while requesting that there are per- “Many houseboats have sunk as • 1920 - Little Entente formed by Czechoslovakia & households into self-help groups have been taken across the coun- son Kashmir Houseboats Association, sistent power-cuts due to which the owners were unable to spend Yugoslavia in a phased manner and provides try by SHG members. The Prime apprised him about various problems many tourists are forced to flee from on its maintenance and the condi- • 1937 - China declares war on Japan them long-term support to di- Minister appreciated and boosted faced by the houseboat owners since the houseboats. tion is becoming further gloomy • 1944 - Soviet offensive at Weichsel 1945 - V-J Day, Japan surrenders unconditionally to versify their livelihoods, improve the morale of SHG members and the abrogation of Article-370. “The houseboat owners have suf- with every passing day. I urge the • end WW II (also August 15 depending on time zone) their incomes and quality of life. promised to extend backend sup- “The livelihood of these house- fered immensely as nobody is ready government to announce economic • 1945 Ho Chi Minh's Viet Minh movement launch The same programmers were port and full cooperation from all boat owners depends on the inflow to listen to their pressing pleas. packages for them as they have no a coordinated uprising against French rule across organized across all Gram Pan- corners. All the necessary arrange- of tourists and visitors to the Kash- I urge the KPDCL to review their other source of income and these Vietnam following the Japanese surrender chayats of district Srinagar at the ments for live-streaming were put mir valley that has regrettably seen monthly rentals and waive off their houseboats remain the pride of Dal • 1945 - Japanese government notifies the Allies that designated Cluster Level Federa- in place by NIC Office Srinagar. a considerable decline from the past pending electricity bills keeping in Lake,” he asserted. it had accepted the Potsdam Declaration • 1947 - Pakistan gains independence from Great Britain • 1960 - UN peace-keeping troops deployed to the ‘Fit India Freedom Run Republic of Congo • 1964 - Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and Syria form common market 2.0’ Campaign At Srinagar • 1971 - Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 Srinagar: Principal Secretary to Govt. field employees of District Youth Ser- years of British rule Youth Services & Sports Department J&K, vices & Sports Office Srinagar. A closing • 1975 - Pakistani military coup against Bangladeshi Alok Kumar Friday launched FIT INDIA function was organized at SKICC lawns President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman FREEDOM RUN 2.0 at Nehru Park Sri- at the culmination of the Run. Director • 1982 - Iran "Ramadan-offensive" in Iraq nagar. The campaign is a part of FIT INDIA Youth Services & Sports J&K Gazanfar • 1986 - Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto MISSION with the Slogan ‘FITNESS KA Ali, Special Secretary YS&S Department arrested DOSE, AADHA GHANTA ROZ’ in order to Mohd Ashraf Bhat, Joint Director Kash- • 1994 - Space telescope Hubble photographs Uranus encourage citizens to make physical ac- mir YS&S, Bashir Ahmad, District Youth with rings tivity a routine in their daily lives. Services & Sports Officer Srinagar Balbir • 1995 - Iran's official news agency, IRNA, reports Kumar flagged off the freedom run Singh, Principal Govt College of Physical that Iran has been unable to sell 200 million that was attended by about 400 partici- Education Hartej Singh among others at- barrels per day of crude oil since the imposition of a pants including students, citizens and tended the launching ceremony today. unilateral oil embargo by the US • 1997 - Soyuz TM-25 lands NIT Hosts Fit India Freedom Run From KO Archives Observer News Service the 75th Anniversary of India's Indepen- dence. Later the Ministry of Youth and Srinagar: Director National Institute of Sports issued a participation certificate Hindu Mission Technology (NIT) Srinagar, Prof. Rakesh to NIT Srinagar. Sehgal on Friday inaugu- rated nationwide Fit India Foiled, Hindu Militant Held Freedom Run 2.0 program at campus as part of the RAJINDER SINGH 75th Independence Day cel- ebrations - Azadi ka Amrit JAMMU- Police said Thursday they had foiled a major mili- Mahotsav. On the occasion, tant bombing mission and captured eight persons, six of them Prof. Sehgal said the aim of Hindus, from Jammu found working with a hardline militant Fit India Freedom Runs 2.0 is group Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HUJI). to encourage people to take Inspector general, R.V Raju, said they had captured Bharat up fitness regimes such as Kumar alias Bharat Singh alias Munna from Udhampur district, sports, running in their daily on Tuesday. “He was on a mission to bomb the Independence lives, and attain freedom day ceremony at the main parade ground in Jammu city," Raju from laziness, obesity, anxi- said, adding that police had seized five kilograms of RDX ex- ety, diseases, stress, etc. plosive from the accused. “The campaign aims to Kumar who was present at a police press conference, said motivate citizens to make a he had been recruited to the militant movement in September resolve to do a physical ac- 1997 and crossed over to Pakistan a year later. tivity of at least 30 minutes Kumar said he was put in touch with Pakistan's Inter-Ser- daily in their lives and live by vices, Intelligence agency, and received training in using AK- the motto ‘Fitness ka Dose, 47 assault rifles, light ma-chine guns, grenades and rocket Aadha Ghanta Roz,” he said. launchers. He was sent to Afghanistan for three months in Prof. Sehgal said the mis- 1999, where he received training from the Taliban. sion of the Movement is "I was given 10,000 rupees as advance money and also prom- to bring about behavioral ised a car and other gifts for the Independence Day bombing," changes and move towards said Kumar,who declined to explain why he had joined the a more physically active life- Muslim militancy in the first place. style. Earlier the event was Police chief Raju said Kumar, who comes from a working started 9 am in morning and class family, joined because of the money. On his arrest and around 100 participants par- the clues provided by him during interrogation, police arrested ticipated in the event. six more, persons, including Harjeet Singh of R S Pura, Sodagar Azadi Ka Amrut Mahot- Singh, Shammi and Sheikh Mukhtar of Jammu. sav' is a series of events or- (Kashmir Observer, August 14, 2000) ganized by the Government of India to commemorate WORLD Saturday | 14.08.2021 04 Taliban At The Gates: Enter City 50 Km Off Kabul With this capture, Taliban is moving rapidly to the seat of the nation, Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.

Kabul evacuations: Echoes of 1975 US exit from Vietnam’s Saigon?

housands of US soldiers be- lator Mitch McConnell said. Saigon. support, while 3,500 to 4,000 will can diplomats departing under ing sent to Afghanistan to “President (Joe) Biden’s decisions “I do not see that unfolding,” Mil- be positioned in Kuwait on standby military protection and the inevi- evacuate embassy staff from have us hurtling toward an even ley said. to deploy if needed. table comparisons with the fall of TKabul as the Taliban pushes worse sequel to the humiliating fall “I may be wrong, who knows, On Thursday, US officials scram- Saigon, Kirby tried to underline the towards the city has revived mem- of Saigon in 1975.” you can’t predict the future, but I bled to answer questions about the differences. ories of the fall of Saigon. Back in June, as the Taliban ad- don’t see Saigon 1975 in Afghani- mission, with Pentagon spokesman “We are not completely eliminat- A photo that immortalised vance built momentum, Biden him- stan. The Taliban just aren’t the John Kirby declining to describe it ing our diplomatic presence on the America’s defeat in Vietnam, show- self addressed the Saigon parallels North Vietnamese Army. It’s not as a “NOE” (Noncombatant Evacua- ground,” he said. ing evacuees boarding a helicopter and dismissed them out of hand. that kind of situation.” tion Operation). “Nobody is abandoning Afghani- on the roof of a building, spread “There’s going to be no circum- Since then, the Taliban’s light- He indicated it had no name, and stan, it’s not walking away from it. fast on social networks after the US stance where you’ll see people be- ning-fast offensive has surprised avoided talking about evacuations. It’s doing the right thing at the right announced the emergency deploy- ing lifted off the roof of an embassy many US military officials. The most famous NOE mission time to protect our people.” ment on Thursday. of the United States from Afghani- ‘Not walking away’ was Operation Frequent Wind, dur- The Taliban on Friday captured “The latest news of a further stan,” he said. To carry out the evacuation of ing which more than 7,000 Viet- Afghanistan’s second city Kanda- drawdown at our embassy and a The same month, the Chairman American staff from its embassy in namese civilians were evacuated har, capping an eight-day blitz that Kabul: The Taliban captured the provincial capital of Logar province hasty deployment of military forces of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen- Kabul, 3,000 US troops will secure from Saigon on April 29 and 30, has left only the capital and pockets Friday, just 50 km (30 miles) from Kabul, effectively opening a path seem like preparations for the fall eral Mark Milley also rejected com- the airport, 1,000 will be sent to 1975 by helicopter. of other territories in government to the seat of the nation. of Kabul,” leading Republican legis- parisons to the desperate exit from Qatar for technical and logistical Asked about the image of Ameri- hands. "Now the Taliban are 100 percent in control. There is no fighting at the moment. Most of the officials fled to Kabul," lawmaker Saeed I MAY BE WRONG, WHO KNOWS, YOU can’t predict the future, but I don’t see Saigon 1975 in Afghanistan. The Taliban just aren’t the North Vietnamese Army. It’s not that kind of situation.” Qaribullah Sadat told AFP. “ Pakistani forces clash with Afghan Bangladesh migrants flee protesters at border crossing rising seas only to die in factory fires Agencies … but fate had other plans,” said most at risk from rising global tem- Dhaka, the capital with the high- Zia’s father Abul Bashar, who lives peratures, with melting glaciers in est number of jobs, is the most hen 15-year-old Tarek on an island in Hatia in southeast the Himalayas to the north posing popular destination. Yet it is also Zia left his home on Bangladesh. a particular risk to the crops, fields the fourth least liveable city in the Bangladesh’s coast “Four years ago we had land and homes downstream. world, according to the Economist Win June and travelled where we could grow vegetables Migration to escape rising sea Intelligence Unit’s 2021 Global 150km (93 miles) to work at a food- and daal (lentils). But we lost that waters in Bangladesh’s coastal re- Liveability Index. processing factory in Dhaka, he was to river erosion and now we are gions is set to accelerate in coming To manage future migration flows filled with hope. The extra money back to zero … we moved our house years, and according to internation- will require creating job opportuni- felt like a godsend after the loss of away from the river a few years ago al scientific group, the American ties away from overcrowded cities his father’s precious farmland over but today the river is right next to Geophysical Union, could affect 1.3 like Dhaka and Chattogram, with the years to river erosion and an us once again.” million Bangladeshis by 2050. their poor sanitation and inade- ever-encroaching shoreline. Zia was not the only victim of the “Migration takes place because quate housing, and equipping other But a month later, a massive fire July 8 tragedy to have been driven of many reasons and climate towns to receive climate refugees. raged through the six-storey build- out of his rural home by the wors- change-induced extreme events is “We are working on promoting ing where Zia worked, killing him ening effects of the climate crisis to one of them,” said Atiq Rahman, a this … and have identified about along with more than 50 others. search for work in the capital. climate researcher who heads the 20 towns that can absorb climate Officials said the factory had Family members of four of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced migrants of the future, so that they been built without permission and 10 victims of the factory fire who Studies (BCAS). don’t end up in the slums of Dhaka,” lacked adequate safety measures, spoke to the Thomson Reuters “Thousands of people move from said Saleemul Huq, director of the such as emergency fire exits. Foundation said their livelihoods rural areas to cities after floods, in- International Centre for Climate Zia’s charred body was handed had also been hit by river erosion crease in salinity or when their land Change and Development. over to his family last week after a and floods. As a low-lying country goes underwater because that’s Rahman stressed the need for DNA test confirmed his identity. crisscrossed with rivers, Bangla- their main source of earning. But a system to identify climate mi- “My son went to work because desh has always been susceptible when they go to a new place, they grants, track their movements and school was closed due to the pan- to rising seas. The country of 160 lack the skills to get decent jobs,” problems, and form strategies to PAKISTANI SOLDIERS STAND GUARD IN FRONT of people waiting to cross at the Friendship Gate crossing point demic and he wanted to support us million people is one of the nations he added. assist them. in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan [Abdul Khaliq Achakzai/Reuters] SPOTLIGHT Indeed, bringing more variety Agencies ries were reported. Some 900 trucks went through to Riyadh also meant curbing the The Chaman-Spin Boldak the Chaman-Spin Boldak cross- power of the muttawa, religious akistani forces have crossing is landlocked Afghani- ing daily before the Taliban police officers who made eating clashed with hundreds stan’s second busiest entry point seized it. Saudi Arabia's Social out a stressful experience. Agents of Afghans stranded on and main commercial artery to Opening the border with Paki- raided restaurants to ensure screens PPakistan’s side of a com- the Pakistani seacoast. stan for visa-free travel would shielded individual tables from mercially vital border crossing The Taliban, which captured not only help the Taliban curry other guests. Music was banned, no with Afghanistan after its closure the crossing last month as part of favour from Afghans but also food was served during prayer time by the Taliban, Pakistani security a major advance across Afghani- shore up a route to areas of Paki- Revolution Arrives at five times a day, and unmarried officials say. The disturbances stan as US-led foreign forces stan that have housed Taliban couples were detained. broke out on Thursday after a withdraw, announced its closure fighters and some commanders. Adhering to the sheikhs has 56-year-old Afghan traveller died on August 6 in protest at a Paki- Pakistan and the Taliban been displaced by staying on mes- of a heart attack as he waited in stani decision to end visa-free long maintained good relations Riyadh Dining Tables sage with the government. Most the dusty heat to enter Afghani- travel for Afghans. though Islamabad says this end- Saudi Arabia's transformation under Crown Prince Mohammed Saudis interviewed for this article stan via the Chaman-Spin Boldak The Taliban is demanding Pak- ed after the 2001 United States- were reluctant to give their full crossing, Arif Kakar, a Pakistani istan allow Afghans to cross the led invasion of Afghanistan that bin Salman is well documented, as is his increasingly authoritarian names, even if speaking in support official on the scene, told Reuters frontier with either an Afghan ID removed the group from power leadership that's at times drawn international condemnation. of the changes. "We would gobble news agency. card or a Pakistani-issued refu- for having sheltered al-Qaeda up our food and leave," said Laila, Protesters carried his body to gee registration card. fighters who carried out the Sep- a 26-year-old receptionist. "Eating a local Pakistani government of- Taliban fighters have rapidly tember 11 attacks on the US. avid Burke's staff are busy allows gender mixing is now play- is under 40. It was almost non-ex- out was not fun." Now it's all differ- fice demanding the border be taken territory from the Kabul gov- Western capitals and the Kabul putting up blue and green ing out at the dining table in Riyadh, istent when Prince Mohammed, 35, ent, she said. Her latte was prepared reopened. Some began throwing ernment in recent weeks, includ- government say Pakistani sup- balloons. The places are albeit without alcohol. launched his plan to diversify the by a female barista who quit her job stones at security forces, who ing important border crossings port to the Taliban continues and Dset, glasses polished, and The city was used to Lebanese economy away from oil in 2016. The as a make-up artist to take a job that responded by firing tear gas and with Iran and Central Asian coun- many of its leaders enjoy safe ha- candles lit. Music from The Godfa- and the occasional Italian fare com- de-facto ruler's "Vision 2030" aims until a few years ago was not open charging the protesters with ba- tries that now provide significant ven in the country, an allegation ther plays in the background. plemented by "Saudi champagne"- to increase household spending to women. "We're much more re- tons to disperse them. No inju- customs revenue for the group. Islamabad denies. If this were Dubai, London or fizzy water and apple juice. It's on cultural and entertainment ac- laxed and really enjoying this new Singapore, it might barely raise an now an array of colorful mocktails tivities to 6% by that year from 2.9% culture of meeting for coffee and eyebrow. But this is Riyadh, tradi- and imported meats, pomegranate when the project was unveiled. celebrating birthdays and promo- Local coffee brands as well as tions in public," said Laila. Taliban captures Afghan commander fast, casual outlets are helping drive The expansion is attracting local the change, said Alexis Marcoux- talents to the food and beverage Varvatsoulis, who leads JLL's food sector, introducing expatriates to Ismail Khan after fall of Herat service consulting division for the Saudi delicacies. One of them is Me- Agencies A spokesman for Khan later Afghan government forces had region. More than 90% of Riyadh's shari Almogbel, 32, who has adapt- told AFP news agency the com- agreed to withdraw from Herat 7.8 million population eats out at ed his grandmother's recipes to he Taliban has captured mander had been allowed to re- airport, 15km (nine miles) from least once a week, according to re- serve a more modern take on Saudi Ismail Khan – the promi- turn to his residence following the city, and the Army Corps search by the firm, which special- cuisine, including the popular kabsa nent local commander negotiations with the Taliban. commander’s headquarters, the izes in real estate and investment rice dish. Instead of cooking it with Twho fought on behalf of Khan is widely known as the last centres under their control. management. At the moment, the lamb, he offers it with brisket at his the Afghan government in the “Lion of Herat”, with his in- However, other sources said average monthly spend on eating fast-food outlet, Grandma's. "I want city of Herat. Khan, who was volvement in the country’s wars Afghan forces were still at the out in a restaurant or ordering for to give full justice to local food," he one of the highest profile com- delivery is 1,330 Saudi riyals ($355), said as his staff packed meals in manders fighting for the Afghan it found. And it's not just new food, green and red boxes. government, was handed over but who is serving it. Women now Back at Burke's restaurant, a with the provincial governor and work as hostesses, waitresses and board with lit-up images of par- security officials as part of an tionally the most conservative of studded cakes and specialty coffees. agreement with the Taliban, said Saudi Arabia's big cities and gas- There's even briskets and babkas. provincial council member Gh- tronomically what arguably used As one cafe manager put it: Most ulam Habib Hashimi on Friday, to be its dullest. A few years ago, it people don't know they're part of according to Reuters news agen- would have been inconceivable that traditional Jewish cuisine, and even cy. He gave no further details of the American celebrity chef would if they did, many won't care in the the agreement. Khan’s capture, open a restaurant here, let alone his new Saudi Arabia. At a cafe far- which was later confirmed by second one in less than a year. ther north, Afra, a 28-year-old who Taliban spokesman Zabihullah "Being part of something unique works in customer care, was eager Mujahid, comes amid an offen- and new is more interesting than be- to try her first babka, a chocolate sive that has seen 18 provincial ing in a chic city like Dubai," Burke, one laced with a mix of dried thyme capitals fall from government 59, said on Aug. 4 as he opened his and sesame that a friend had recom- baristas, a huge change from the rots hangs over royal blue and control in just over a week. doors with a launch party-replete mended with her flat white coffee. days restaurants were required to emerald green chairs. Black plates Taliban fighters entered the with DJ and percussionist-followed "There's so much choice these days post a sign saying female diners are stacked over white plates city of Herat, a major urban cen- by two days of five-course gala din- we're at a loss where to go," she said. were not allowed in without a male at the buffet. Male and female tre in Afghanistan’s west near stretching back to the anti-gov- airport as of 1pm local time ners. It gives him the ability to grow Burke's second restaurant is the guardian. "I love working in this in- staffers mix freely. As waiters the border of Iran and the coun- ernment uprising that helped (08:30 GMT) on Friday. without much international compe- latest addition to a wide variety of dustry," said Noura, a 29-year-old fluffed up cushions on the terrace, try’s third most populous city, on trigger the 1979 Soviet interven- “The Taliban agreed that they tition, he said. "We're on the ground eateries at The Zone, a large walk- Saudi waitress who's finishing up 33-year-old fashion designer An- Thursday. tion, which he fought against will not pose any threat or harm floor. Saudi Arabia's transformation way off a busy Riyadh highway a degree in psychology. Dressed in fal stopped by to check it out. Al- Photos and videos show- throughout the 1980s. to the government officials who under Crown Prince Mohammed with a dancing fountain. The menu a white shirt and a blue apron over though she prefers Japanese food, ing Khan, believed to be in his His return to the front lines in surrendered,” said Hashimi. bin Salman is well documented, includes baby octopus, Mediterra- black leggings, with her black hair she is happy Riyadh is becoming 70s, apparently in the hands of July was a clear sign of the grow- He added the city had become as is his increasingly authoritarian nean branzino and lamb chops. pulled into a bun, she admits she's a destination for global cuisine. "I Taliban fighters, were widely ing threat to the city, and his a “ghost town” amid the fight- leadership that's at times drawn This expansion of tastes is cru- heard a couple of negative remarks used to drive a long way to find shared on social media, al- fighters had been credited with ing. “Families have either left or international condemnation. But a cial to building the kingdom's en- from diners who disapprove of her a Japanese restaurant," she said. though they could not immedi- blunting the advance of the Tali- are hiding in their houses,” said social revolution that promotes go- tertainment industry in a nation attire and job. "May Allah guide "Now you can find a couple in ately be verified. ban. One official told Reuters that Hashimi. ing out to concerts and movies and where about 70% of the population you," one said. many neighborhoods." STATE Saturday | 14.08.2021 05 Govt Approves Issuance Of Government Constitutes Nominee Policy For AePDS Quality Control Council

Observer News Service ing one person who may lift Observer News Service non official members. the commodity on behalf of The council is expected to JAMMU: The Jammu and Kash- such consumers (nominating SRINAGAR: In a significant de- take all measures to strengthen mir government has accorded beneficiaries) as per the given velopment and addressing a the GI. sanction to issuance of Nominee guidelines. long pending demand, the Gov- Under the supervision of the Policy for Aadhaar Enabled Pub- The order added that in or- ernment of the UT of J&K has council frequent market check- lic Distribution System (AePDS). der to designate a person as constituted a Quality Control ing will be conducted and all The Nominee Policy for AePDS nominee, the beneficiary shall Council under the Quality Con- those elements will be heavily has been approved by the gov- have to fill a nomination form trol Act 1978. penalized who will be found ernment for the benefit of old, wherein he/she will have to The Director Handicrafts & selling fake craft items or pass- sick, disabled and minor ratio- specify some important details. Handloom Kashmir has been ing on the machine made items nees as part of its people friend- In addition, any change of nominated as the Chairman in place of the hand made ones. ly interventions and reforms. nomination under a specific while Director Handicrafts & As many as 27 Crafts that are According to an order issued request of the beneficiary Handloom Jammu, Manag- practiced in the UT including here by the Department of and on the justification of the ing Director J&K Handloom & Silver ware, willow wicker, cop- Food, Civil Supplies and Con- concerned Assistant Director, Handicrafts Corporation, Direc- perware, Bamboo craft, Phool- sumer Affairs in this regard, Food, Civil Supplies & Con- tor Craft Development Institute, kari, have been placed in the the department has provided sumer Affairs shall be consid- Director Indian Institute of Car- notified Handicrafts Category. ration card nominee facility to ered by the respective Director. pet Technology has been nomi- The constitution of the qual- the consumers who were fac- Both the Directors shall put an ing difficulties in lifting their arrangement in place, to carry ration due to certain unavoid- out physical verification of 5% able reasons. The policy shall of the persons falling within Paramilitary CRPF Personnel take position as gunfight raged between militants and government allow such beneficiaries to the ambit of Nominee Policy forces in Mir Bazar area of Kulgam district...... KO Photo Abid Bhat draw rations, who are not able and reports shall be submitted to lift their entitled commodi- to the Administrative Depart- ties physically, by nominat- ment after every quarter. Unemployment, Protests In Rajouri Unemployability Plaguing J&K: NC

Observer News Service statement. nificantly succeeded in generat- After Grenade Hurled The Provincial President said ing employment and establish- MATHWAR: Describing unem- unemployability has restricted ing entrepreneurship in a place On BJP Leader’s House ployment and unemployability the scope for skilled and un- where white collar jobs alone as two major issues plaguing skilled workforce as also techno- had been a culture. Agencies on the rooftop, police said. Jammu and Kashmir, National crats, who have nowhere to go. Rana also made a passionate The three-year-old boy, Veer, Conference Provincial Presi- Continued unemployment has appeal to the government for nated as official members. ity control council was a long Jammu: A shutdown was ob- who was among the injured, dent Devender Singh Rana Fri- brought despondency among expediting recruitment process The notification assumes sig- pending demand of the stake served in Jammu and Kashmir's died during treatment at the day sought a clear cut roadmap them and they are genuinely to a whopping number of vacan- nificance as for the first time holders as implementation of Rajouri town on Friday to pro- government medical college for tackling these concerns as feeling pushed to the wall, he cies available in various govern- President Kashmir Chamber of the same will safeguard their test the attack on a BJP lead- hospital in Rajouri around youth were finding themselves said while urging the adminis- ment departments, saying this Commerce, President Confed- interests and will help in curb- er's house last night that left a midnight, sources said. in a situation of despair and tration to focus towards this end will address the major concern eration of Chamber of Industry ing the menace of passing on three-year-old boy dead and six All shops were shut and there hopelessness. since the future of lakhs of youth of the educated unemployed Jammu, President Tahfuz Soci- the fake craft items in place of other people injured. was no traffic on roads on Friday “Not only educated but skilled is in jeopardy. particularly those nearing over- ety and President Meeras So- the genuine ones. The council is Scores of people, some of them in Rajouri town. and unskilled youth are grap- He recalled how the innova- age. He also stressed the need for ciety have been nominated as expected to meet shortly. BJP workers, also took out a pro- Agitators blocked a highway on pling with unemployment due to tive measures like Udaan, Hi- launching special drives in police test rally denouncing the attack. a call by the Sanatan Dharam Sab- multiple reasons like economic mayat and SKEWPY initiated and other forces to create oppor- They raised anti-Pakistan slogans. ha, but police managed to prevent slowdown, pandemic lockdown had brought about a discernible tunities for the desirous youth Seven members of BJP leader them from going too far ahead. but essentially the avenues are change in the employment sec- of the permanent residents of I-Day: Full Dress Rehearsals Jasbir Singh's family were injured Protesters blamed chinks in the very limited in Jammu and Kash- tor years ago but skipping these Jammu and Kashmir. He said the after suspected terrorists lobbed security apparatus for the attack. mir, which is lacking corporate proved detrimental for the ca- unemployment problem cannot a grenade at his house in Rajouri They said militants are roaming and industrial sectors and hence reers of enterprising youth, He be put under the carpet for a long Held Across Kashmir district's Khandli area on Thurs- freely and attacking BJP leaders dependence on the government said the experiment had worked time keeping in view the frustra- Div Com Takes Salute At March Past In Srinagar day night. The grenade exploded with grenades. sector is more,” Rana said in a well, as motivated youth had sig- tion gripping the youth. SRINAGAR: The full dress rehears- by both male and female artists, al for the 75th Independence Day enthralling guests and audience parade, on Friday, concluded suc- with their colourful performances Congress Expresses Concerns Over Singh Visits Registration cessfully across all the districts of in different languages. Kashmir, on Sunday. A group of students who have In Srinagar, the full dress re- won the National Anthem singing Deteriorating Security Situation In J&K Camp For Kashmiri Migrants hearsal was held at S.K Stadium competition at district level also Agencies Pradesh Congress chief spokes- but that is not enough as decisive where Divisional Commissioner performed and sang the national person Ravinder Sharma told re- actions are needed. Observer News Service new registrations and 721 Do- Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole hoisted anthem on the occasion, before a Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir porters here. “The responsibility lies fully on micile certificates have been is- the tricolour and took salute at the band performance. Congress on Friday expressed Flanked by former minister the central government now to NEW DELHI: Union Minister of sued besides completion of KYC March–past. In an open jeep, the Among others, DC Srinagar concerns over the deteriorating Raman Bhalla, Sharma also ex- ensure the safety of the people State for Science and Technol- in respect of 400 souls of the Div Com also inspected the parade and various senior civil adminis- security situation in the union pressed grave concerns over the and to eliminate terrorism, for ogy, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Friday community. on the occasion. The contingents tration and police officers were territory, saying incidents of se- rising graph of militancy and in- which Congress party is fully visited Resident Commission, MoS expressed satisfaction that participated in the March present on the occasion. Full lective killings and infiltration filtration in various parts, espe- behind the government and our Jammu and Kashmir House over the arrangements made past parade included Police, CRPF, dress rehearsals were also held at are rising, and demanded that cially the Sunderbani-Nowshera forces and the police,” he added. in New Delhi to inspect and during the camp by the Resi- SSB, JKAP, BSF, IRP, lady contingent, Budgam, Ganderbal, Baramulla, the Home Ministry wake up to areas of Rajouri district. Bhalla strongly condemned the review the status of ongoing dent Commissioner, New Delhi SDRF, F&ES and FPF. Pulwama, Anantnag, Shopian, the situation. “There is a big conspiracy to killing of a three-year-old boy 4-day camp organized by the and Relief Commissioner (M), On the occasion, a variety of cul- Kulgam, Kupwara, Karnah, Lan- “There are serious concerns revive militancy in the Rajouri- in Rajouri district on Thursday Relief and Rehabilitation Com- Jammu. MoS, while interacting tural programmes were presented gate and Bandipora. over the rising incidents of selec- Poonch border belt. We demand night. He said the recent killings missioner (M), Jammu, for reg- with the Kashmiri Migrants, tive targeting by terrorists and that the Union Home Ministry have proved that the situation is istration and issuance of Do- assured them that such camps the series of militant activities. wake up to the situation,” the not under control, and senior BJP micile certificates to Kashmiri shall be organized on regular The Home Ministry has failed to former legislator said. leaders and Union ministers can- Migrants residing at Delhi and basis in future so as to cover DIC Kupwara bring the security situation un- Sharma alleged that BJP lead- not divert attention by simply adjoining areas outside Jammu all the eligible inhabitants of der control and eliminate mili- ers simply blame past govern- blaming the erstwhile govern- and Kashmir. the community under different tancy, as was being claimed,” J&K ments after any barbaric incident ments and opposition parties. During the camp, about 115 government schemes. Holds IEC Campaign Observer News Service people were also requested to implement CAB and other SOPs KUPWARA: The District Infor- religiously and ensure vaccina- ‘Fit India Freedom Run’ Dulloo Reviews Implementation mation Centre (DIC) Kupwara Friday conducted loudspeaker Flagged-Off In Shopian Of ECRP-II, Oxygen Generation Plants announcements through vehi- cle and held pamphlet distribu- SHOPIAN: The District Magis- of organizing such events is to Observer News Service of New Medical Colleges at presentation on COVID-19 tion campaign at various Jamia trate (DM), Shopian, Sachin Ku- engage youth in sports activi- the earliest. Emergency Response and Masjids of Kupwara town. mar Vaishya Friday flagged-off ties to keep them physically and SRINAGAR: Additional Chief He asked the Principals of Health Systems Preparedness On the occasion, pamphlets ‘Fit India Freedom Run’ under the mentally fit. Dutta also high- Secretary, Health and Medical Govt Medical Colleges Jammu Package Phase-II . were distributed among gen- aegis of Fit India Movement to lighted the initiatives taken by Education, Atal Dulloo, Friday & Srinagar to establish the Progress and status of in- eral public, shopkeepers, com- commemorate ‘Azadi Ka Amrut District Administration to give impressed upon the officers to Centre of Excellence in Paedi- stallation of Oxygen Genera- muters and pedestrians. The Mahotsav’. flip to sports activities by involv- gear up their efforts and uti- atrics one each at Jammu and tion Plants approved under campaign was aimed at to dis- The event was organized by ing youth in large numbers so lise all the available resources Srinagar at earliest for the ad- PM Cares Fund was also re- seminate awareness regarding the Department of Youth Servic- that they can get rid of negative under ECRP to mitigate the vanced medical care facilities. viewed in the meeting . implementation of COVID ap- es & Sports, Shopian in collabora- thoughts and channelize their impact of possible third wave While reviewing other in- Atal Dulloo directed the propriate behaviour (CAB). tion with District Administration energy in a proper way. of COVID-19. frastructural facilities related Chief Engineers MED of both The pamphlet invites the at- Shopian in which District Infor- He further added that such He directed the officers to to COVID-19, Atal Dulloo di- divisions to complete the tention of the public that the mation Centre Shopian, Educa- programs will be conducted in utilise the resources avail- rected the officers that the process of installation of all COVID pandemic has not culmi- tion Department and other de- future also to encourage the able under Emergency Covid additional 10 RTPCR testing approved Oxygen Generation nated yet; the COVID positive partmental officials participated. youth of the district and also Response Package (ECRP) ef- labs and 2 Mobile Testing plants at an earliest and take cases are still being registered Speaking on the occasion, highlighted the importance of fectively so that the health Vans should be established so measure on war footing for by health department. As such, The District Youth Services and physical and mental fitness in infrastructure is revamped that the testing capacity is in- establishment of new Liquid people were requested to avoid Sports Officer, Gurmukh Singh the development of a healthy across Jammu and Kashmir to creased across J&K. Medical Oxygen plants. participation in congested plac- tion for themselves voluntarily Dutta said that the main aim society. its maximum potential. Additional Chief Secretary Director SKIMS, Soura, Prin- es and markets. Ensure usage of at nearby Health Care centres He chaired a high level also directed the concerned cipal GMC Srinagar, Principal masks and maintain hand hy- which is a free facility from meeting to review the sta- officers that retrofitting of ad- GMC Jammu, Managing Direc- giene and social distancing. the Government of Jammu and tus of implementation of ditional ambulances should tor, JK Medical Supplies Cor- Through the pamphlet, Kashmir UT. DIPR Jammu Holds ‘Emergency COVID-19 Re- be done for which Director poration, Director Health Ser- sponse Package (ECRP)- II & Health Services Jammu & vices Jammu, Director Health Sanitation Drive Oxygen Generation Plants Kashmir were asked to iden- Services Kashmir, Chief En- Kishtwar Cloudburst… under PM cares Fund at Civ- tify the ambulances. gineer, MED Kashmir, Chief Observer News Service not only in our houses but also il Secretariat here. Highlighting the need of ca- Engineer MED, Jammu, Prin- No Trace Of Missing Persons in areas around us” he urged. While highlighting that pacity building and training of cipals of newly established JAMMU: Joint Directorate of In- He added that cleanliness helps there is a need to upgrade health workers, the Mission Medical Colleges of Anant- formation and Public Relations us in fighting several diseases as paediatric health care, Atal Director, NHM was asked to nag, Baramulla, Doda, Rajouri, As NDRF Withdraws Friday held a sanitation and well. Cultural Officer Parul Kha- Dulloo stressed upon the of- start fellowship training pro- Kathua and Doda, CMOs of all Jammu: The National Disaster the rescue operation to trace the cleanliness drive in office prem- juria, Shushank Padha (Editor) ficers that oxygen supported grammes for the doctors of districts, Medical Superinten- Response Force (NDRF) has been missing persons. ises. The officers and officials of besides officials of the depart- Paediatric Wards , Paediatric the J&K in collaboration with dents of all district hospitals withdrawn from the rescue opera- Authorities had pressed sev- the Information department par- ment were present. ICUs, Maternity ICUs and Hy- PGI Chandigarh and AIIMS, and other concerned officials tion even as there is still no trace eral teams of the State Disaster ticipated in the cleanliness drive brid wards should be made New Delhi. participated in the meeting of 19 persons who went missing Response Force (SDRF) and Na- and the entire office was cleaned. functional in all District Hos- Mission Director, NHM, Ya- in person and through video following a cloudburst at Honzar tional Disaster Response Force Speaking on the occasion, Dep- pitals & Associated Hospitals sin Choudhary gave a detailed conferencing. Dachan in Kishtwar district on Fri- (NDRF) with “sophisticated uty Director Information (PR) day. Eight women among 19 per- equipment” along with other Jammu, Gul Hussain Kraipak said sons went missing following the rescuers from police, Army and that the cleanliness drive was cloudburst and subsequent flash local volunteers, the officials launched to keep the office com- Minor Reshuffle In J&K Civil Admin floods in the remote village on in- said. However, officials said that plex and its surroundings neat Srinagar: The Jammu and Kash- Director, Social Welfare, Jammu, Besides, Atul Sharma, Man- tervening night of July 27 and 28. NDRF teams have withdrawn. and clean amid the Corona pan- mir government Friday ordered has been transferred and posted aging Director, SICOP, holding Last week, Director General Success has been eluding the demic. He underlined the need transfers and postings in the as Managing Director, SIDCO. additional charge of Managing of Police Dilbag Singh had an search teams after seven bod- to give cleanliness first priority civil administration. She shall also hold the charge of Director, SIDCO, has been trans- aerial survey of the village. He ies were recovered and seven- and consider it the responsibility As per an order issued by the the post of Managing Director, ferred and posted as Secretary/ also chaired a high-level meeting teen persons rescued in injured of every individual. “We should General Administration Depart- SICOP, in addition to her own CEO, KVIB against an available during which, among others, he condition after the calamity on ensure to maintain cleanliness ment, Smita Sethi, JKAS officer, duties, till further orders. vacancy. stressed the need for intensifying Wednesday last. Saturday| 14-08-2021 6

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wo years after the withdrawal of J&K’s spe- cial status, Kashmir is far from coming to terms with the unprecedented move. On the Tday of its second anniversary, 5 August, this was evident. While the BJP held rallies across J&K, Riyaz Wani including across the country, the other parties acted as mute spectators. The people in the Valley were completely indifferent, so was a significant section of the population in Ladakh and Jammu division, now sobered by the state of affairs over the last two years. It is difficult to predict how the situation would What form this evolve going forward. For now, a sense of resigna- tion has set in. Though a large majority in the for- alienation takes mer state seethes at the 5 August decisions, they have stayed short of expressing their anger. The reality as place in the months of now is that the Valley has, by and large, witnessed an uneasy calm since August 2019. Protests and for or years ahead as that matter even stone pelting has abated. But there is no peace in the true sense of the term. Nor is there a New Delhi goes normal political and social life. Kashmir still has nothing remotely resembling a working political and social structure - other than about easing the a few new ones believed to have been forged by New Delhi - that could either articulate the sentiment of lockdown is their people or formulate a response to the current cri- sis. And there is little hope that things would redeem difficult to tell. But on this score in the near future. It is unlikely that the region would be allowed to have normal political and one thing is sure, it civil society activity anytime soon. What is more, over the last two years, the centre would be long has embarked on far-reaching measures that seek to build upon the August 5 move to remake Kashmir. before Kashmir New Delhi has already issued new domicile rules for ect has succeeded to a large extent. dicator of it is the endemic support for China’s recent Kashmir that have thrown Kashmir open for settle- Where does Kashmir go from here? Nowhere in incursions in Ladakh, something Kashmiris assume ment by outsiders. According to the rules, anyone the near term. The last two years have witnessed lit- might help dissuade or delay New Delhi’s pursuit of even starts coming who has been a resident of Kashmir for 15 years will tle change in the ground situation in Kashmir, other its alleged ideological designs in the region. get the residency rights. The law applies retrospec- than the one enforced through application of a stron- What form this alienation takes place in the to terms with the tively. For central government officials, the period is ger government hand. There is no let-up in the cen- months or years ahead as New Delhi goes about eas- 10 years and for students it is just seven years. And tre’s efforts to control and micro-manage things in the ing the lockdown is difficult to tell. But one thing is loss now even the spouses of the J&K women married Valley and recast it in its ideological image. sure, it would be long before Kashmir even starts com- outside are entitled to a domicile certificate. People But despite bringing to bear all its might on the re- ing to terms with the loss of the August 5 move. The can apply for these certificates online and the official gion, New Delhi seems nowhere near pacifying Kash- day for them is no longer only about the loss of au- charged with granting them has to do so within a fort- mir, the alleged grand objective of the withdrawal of tonomy in a literal sense, it has now taken on a larger night, failing which he will be fined Rs 50000. This Article 370. The militancy related violence has only psychological dimension: it is also about political dis- leaves little space for investigation of the documents spiked. According to the data, last year over two hun- empowerment. of the applicants. Even the original residents of J&K dred militants lost their lives. Though the public pro- have to apply for domicile certificates, putting them tests and stone pelting have temporarily disappeared, Views expressed in the article are the author's own on par with the outsiders. this is due more to extraordinarily harsh oversight of and do not necessarily represent the editorial stance of Under the Control of Buildings Operations Act the former state by the security agencies than to any Kashmir Observer and Development Act any area can be notified as a reconciliation among the people. "strategic area". The Army can now acquire land in The reality is that the two years on from the loss of the former state without a ‘no objection certificate’. autonomy, Kashmir is more alienated from New Delhi The author is the Politics Scores of the other laws have been issued that are than perhaps ever in the past. This is why the space Editor at Kashmir Observer ... geared to remake the former state and so far the proj- for pro-India politics has drastically shrunk, one in-

srael has started talking tough about a clear sign to the Israelis that Iran and going to war with Iran. Then Hezbol- Hezbollah were interlinked, and that an lah sent a reality check. 2006 will for- attack against one would be considered Iever haunt Israel as it confronts the Israel-Lebanon Escalation an attack against both. fact that, when push comes to shove, it's Scott Ritter Israel has been laboring for some not as capable as it claims to be. time under the fantasy that it could Israel has been waging a covert war somehow trigger a larger war between against Iranian shipping for months now, The Israeli muscle-flexing comes at a had been trading artillery fire with un- in Lebanon would be met with the appro- the US and Iran which would shut down conducting more than a dozen attacks on time when CIA Director William Burns identified militants in southern Leba- priate response. Iran’s nuclear program once and for Iranian vessels over the course of the is in Israel for meetings with his Mossad non who had fired three rockets into Israel appeared to get the message, all, while also starving Hezbollah of the past few years. The attacks appear to be counterpart, David Barnea. Iran is ex- northern Israel (Gantz stated that he limiting its response to an artillery bar- funding provided by Iran that under- targeted against vessels delivering oil pected to top the agenda, but not in the believed the rockets were fired by an un- rage deliberately targeting an empty writes much of that organization’s activ- to Syria in violation of US and interna- way Israel would like. Rather than push- identified Palestinian group.) field (the Hezbollah rockets had likewise ities. By involving the US, Israel hoped tional sanctions. During this time, there ing for greater confrontation and contain- While Hezbollah had denied it had been deliberately targeted at empty ter- that US military power would help blunt have been similarly mysterious attacks ment, Burns is expected to try to sell the anything to do with these attacks, the Is- rain inside Israel, the goal being to send any Iranian retaliation targeting Israel, against Israeli-owned shipping. While Iranians on the merits of a new approach raeli airstrikes appeared to target known a message, not inflict casualties.) An Is- and whatever Iranian missiles that were Iran has officially denied any role in such by the Biden administration to breathe Hezbollah military sites in southern Leb- raeli military spokesperson told report- able to be fired would be intercepted by attacks, it is believed that they are part of life into stalled negotiations concerning anon. Such strikes had long been seen ers that Israel has “no intention of going Israel’s air defense systems. a program of retaliation against Israel for the US re-entry into the Iran nuclear deal. as a red line by Hezbollah, and Israel’s to war,” noting that Hezbollah had in- The wild card in this calculation has its attacks on Iranian shipping. Burns’ meeting comes on the heels resumption of this tactic drew an unex- tentionally fired the rockets at open ar- been Hezbollah, which since 2006 has The most recent incident of sus- of statements by Israeli Defense Minister pected response in the form of a dozen eas. In an interesting play on words, the acquired an arsenal of precision guided pected Iranian retaliation took place on Benny Gantz labeling Iran as a threat to Is- unguided artillery rockets fired into Israeli spokesperson declared that “The rockets and missiles which would devas- July 31 against the Mercer Street, an Is- rael, the Middle East, and the entire world. northern Israel which Hezbollah not only incident shows Hezbollah is deterred, as tate Israel economically, militarily, and raeli-owned, Liberian-flagged oil tanker “Iran seeks to pose a multi-front challenge took responsibility for, but also used as a it fired at open areas.” politically. Israel currently has no re- transiting the Gulf of Oman. The drone to Israel, as such is building up its forces point of emphasis that any future Israeli What the spokesperson didn’t say, sponse to this Hezbollah arsenal, despite attack, which killed two crewmembers, in Lebanon and Gaza, deploying militias airstrike would be met in kind. but which was obvious to all, was that, having waged an open war on Iranian was immediately condemned by the US, in Syria and Iraq and maintaining its sup- Indeed, in a speech marking the 15th using this same formulation, it was Isra- support to Hezbollah in Syria and on the UK, and Israel. While no physical evi- porters in Yemen,” he told the Israeli YNet. anniversary of the 2006 war between el that was deterred, since the artillery open seas. Hezbollah’s rocket attacks on dence has been presented to sustain the “Iran is a global and regional problem and Israel and Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan shells it fired into Lebanon were like- northern Israel did far more than rees- allegation, the US Navy has claimed that an Israeli challenge” that Gantz said Israel Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Leb- wise fired into empty fields. tablish the principles of the “2006 deter- the attack was conducted by Iran using was ready to go to war to deal with. anon’s Hezbollah Movement, declared While Israel and Hezbollah were rence”; it put a marker down that this de- a so-called ‘suicide-drone’ that was delib- As if to drive home Gantz’s point, the that Hezbollah’s “victory” in that con- exchanging artillery and rocket fire, terrence extended to any regional conflict erately flown into the vessel. very first meetings between Iran’s newly flict, which saw thousands of Hezbollah the commander of Iran’s Revolutionary involving Iran. The Israeli Prime Minister Naftali sworn in President Ebrahim Raisi were rockets strike Israel over the course of Guard Corps, Major General Hossein For the moment, the situation ap- Bennett pulled no punches in casting the with representatives from both Hamas the 33-day conflict, had created a de facto Salami, met in Tehran with Hezbollah’s pears to be calm on the Israeli-Lebanese blame on Iran. “I declare unequivocally: and Hezbollah, a clear signal what the “2006 deterrence” which compelled Is- deputy secretary-general, Naim Qassem. border. Hezbollah’s deterrence may Iran is the one that carried out the attack foreign policy priorities were for the in- rael to cease its aerial bombardment of Salami stated that the Hezbollah rocket serve to prevent a broader regional con- on the ship,” he said, adding that Israel coming administration. Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. attack was a clear message to PM Ben- flict. But nothing, it seems, can stop the had its “own way to relay the message to But the biggest shock to Gantz and Nasrallah declared that the aim of Hez- nett: “Israel does not set the agenda in ongoing war in the shadows between Is- Iran.” Tehran immediately responded by Bennett apparently came when Hezbol- bollah’s retaliatory attacks was to reim- the region.” The fact that an Iranian gen- rael and Iran over the future of Hezbol- threatening to shut down the Strait of Hor- lah responded to an Israeli air attack on pose the 15-year status quo, warning that eral, and not a Hezbollah official, spoke lah in Lebanon. muz to all shipping should it be attacked. targets inside southern Lebanon. Israel any future airstrike by Israel in any area about a Hezbollah military action was RT Saturday| 14-08-2021 7

It is noteworthy to applaud the efforts of Choppans and Bakkerwals who were constructing a small beautiful mosque there. One is tempted to spend the rest of his life there. The ambience looked so heavenly. We were touched by the hospitality of these generous people who offered us water and tea

KOUNSARNAG: The Sublime Beauty!

Riyaz Kazmi The group was led by the dynamic Danish ation.We didn't want to turn it into a dreary day for down.We felt alive and active. Dhaar, managing director AJKMF and the tail end us.We kept our spirits very high.We captured every Thousand miles seem nothing,when your best n kashmir,Trekking has become ubiquitous was monitored by another compassionate group beautiful natural thing in our frames.For one day, companions walk side by side with you towards the and the latest fad among youngsters.They have leader Amir Lateef. For next one and a half hour, we these spotlight moments would become lifetime same goal.We give each other solace and strength evinced their keen interest and readiness to trekked incessantly.We were dead tired and decided memories for us. that is much needed.While I was busy in treading Ivisit there.Having heard or seen its breathtak- to have a quick break.We had tea, coffee and other I must admit the entire place is a photographer's the treacherous path,I was taken aback when I ing visuals, anyone can fall for it. refreshments.We were satiated for another couple paradise. This place has so much to offer. The bab- heard a familiar voice from behind.I was more than Among the most sought after adventure of hours hike.Indeed, a great team was creamed off bling brook under the huge glacier looks very mag- happy to see my friend Syed Shabir Rizvi from Lal destinations,this place has also got the highest footfalls. for this trip.The discipline and respect shown for nificent.At every mesmerizing place we felt at peace Bazar was also heading towards the same place.It is For me, it has been long overdue in my bucket list. one another were highly praiseworthy.We tried to in the lap of nature. always a blessing to have such a happy go humble Kounsarnag is a high attitude oligotrophic lake be in harmony with one another and with the nature We felt as if we were healing deep inside.We had person by your side. His offbeat jokes and anecdotes located at an elevation of 3850 Mtrs above sea level. as well, so as to enjoy the enthralling beauty.It was to be barefoot and felt almost frozen the moment we made our journey truly fulfilling and profound. Trekkers have to foot a debatable to and fro distance soul soothing and surreal experience. had to cross the cold, fast running stream of Cha- We followed the terrain along the river bank of 34 Kms to 37 kms from Aharabal via Sekijan or Our cut off time to reach Kounsarnag was 1.30 rasar and Bramasar which had merged at Hakwus and reached our next stop 'Mahinag' .This place has Kongwattan.Both these routes finally merge at Ma- pm. We didn't aim to reach our goal post only but we which later also joined the flow at Sangum. It was an ideal ambience for night camping.It is located at hinag.Kounsarnag,represents nature's rich tapes- ensured to enjoy the journey in between.We paused, a "cold water therapy" which refreshed us to wind the perfect distance when one is literally drained off try.It is swathed by snow capped mountains of Pir energy.We were also feeling very low and languid. Panjal range in the district Kulgam of Jammu and We had some respite and a frisson of delight.After Kashmir.The pure and pristine lake is ice cold and Mahinag, on the way we could see 7 small ponds for crystal clear in appearance.Its dimensions approxi- which the local belief is that they are the 7 daugh- mately 3 km length and half a mile width makes it ters of Kounsarnag.This place is famously known conspicuous and majestic. Its mesmerizing beauty as 'Sethapokhran'. The sun was radiating over this is distinct which makes it a dream destination for place making it very scenic by its gleam and grace. the intrepid trekkers and nature lovers. We relaxed there for a while and took a heart from As they say,be patient as the best things take the fact that we had reached this far.Driven by the time to happen.One should wait for the appropri- deadlines,we wrapped our short retreat quickly as ate opportunity and time.I felt an unfamiliar thrill we had to trek the gauntlet of toughest trail ahead. when I came to know that AJKMF (All Jammu Kash- Over the steep gradient of Kounsarnag mir Mountaineering Foundation) is planning a day Mountain,the scorching sun and rocky stretches trip to Kounsarnag. I was anxiously looking forward made our uphill journey very enervating. We to this day.I was excited but at the same time felt un- couldn’t afford to flounder on rough rocky edges as easy when many experienced trekkers told me that it could land us in a big trouble.We treaded very care- it's going to be a daring and daunting task. Out of fully.At many places we had to scramble over the sheer excitement,I kept my fingers crossed. rocks.It seemed as if there was no end to the rocky AJKMF is one of the fastest growing clubs in the ascend.The moment we crossed one mound,another Kashmir Valley.It has carved out a niche and name two were in place.We became impatient.It seemed for itself. The best thing about this club is that they like an interminable endeavor.We comported our- plan treks very meticulously. They are very profes- selves with grace and guts. We braved all odds sional when it comes to the success and safety of and inch passed every obstacle.During my summit others. Nothing is being done out of impulsiveness. push,I felt so happy when I saw my another friend Each trek is planned keeping in consideration many Fayaz Bhat Sb.We bantered with each other and at factors and the fitness level of the trekkers. the same time buckled down to reach our destina- It behooves us to understand and respect the tion at the earliest possible. dynamics of nature.The weather vagaries can some- We were dead on our feet by the time, we times be cruel. The forecast was carefully analysed reached Kounsarnag at around 1.30 pm.Our joys and luckily Sunday-18th July 2021,was the only day knew no bounds.It was an awe - inspiring sight. before Eid Ul Adha when weather was predicted The first glimpse of this majestic Alpine Lake with to be very pleasant.On this beautiful day,we time the encompassing blue sky sent us into trance.It boxed the day schedule.I was picked up at around took a deep breath and felt the calmness of nature furnishes a spectacular panoramic view.Every- 4.45 am from Aali Masjid,EidGah. The levels of ex- inside us. We were amazed to see the vastness of Only hands of God thing looked so hypnotic and heavenly.We were citement were palpable.I was surprised to find one Kongwattan.The lush green meadow is an ideal surprised to see the families from Rajouri putting person dressed in an operation theater uniform.The place for highland pasture grazing.It is also a haven can create such wonders. up and staying put in the stone structures around frazzled medico had just finished his shift and was for the weary trekkers who can pitch their tents to the lake for their livelihood and livestock.We had with us to slog for this adventure. have a comfortable night stay here. Adjacent to it is We felt as if it's a veritable the best time with their children.The fellow trek- We felt a breath of fresh air when we reached another meadow by the name Gaorwattan.The can- piece of paradise when kers exuded cheerful bonhomie.We shared and en- Aharbal at around 7a.m.I was in awe to see the opy of pine and coniferous trees in the backdrop of joyed our scrumptious meals together.People who beauty of gushing waterfall and enchanting wilder- Kongwattan is breathtaking.It is noteworthy to ap- we had a first glimpse at eat together, stay together. ness around it.I felt short of words to praise our own plaud the efforts of Choppans and Bakkerwals who I had a lifetime experience with the coven of Niagara Falls.We quickly backpacked our way to- were constructing a small beautiful mosque there. the milky water stream Comrades.We captured this stupendous beauty wards the serpentine trail.The weather was balmy. One is tempted to spend the rest of his life there.The trickling down beneath in pictures and videos.On our return journey,we The cool breeze swayed our body and soul.The sav- ambience looked so heavenly. We were touched by tried to spend more time at many prominent places. age and serene settings of nature are beyond our the hospitality of these generous people who offered the wooden bridge at Few of us took a bath in a cold stream.Some offered comprehension. us water and tea. 'Gaorwattan.To the right Nimaz. We shared our happiness, juices, sweets Only hands of God can create such wonders.We To accomplish this arduous trek in a day,stamina and chocolates with the children from Gujjar Com- felt as if it's a veritable piece of paradise when we and speed are the keys to success.There has to be no side of Gaorwattan, munity.It was a heart warming experience.We had a had a first glimpse at the milky water stream trick- indulgence in dilly dallying.One has to stick to the Nun Chai with delicious chappattis in a Dhoka.The ling down beneath the wooden bridge at 'Gaorwatt- timelines and do the hard yards.Its the competition the river Vishew which fellow Trekker who had been hobbled by his twisted an.To the right side of Gaorwattan, the river Vishew within oneself to push the limits.We have to keep Kounsarnag mothers ankle,was also taken proper care.This trekking ex- which Kounsarnag mothers and another tributary an eagles eye on our destination and at the same perience was worth a flurry of activities and tireless originating from 'Zajji Marg' the Queen of meadows time ensure,to uplift the morale of others as well. and another tributary efforts.We did everything with perfect aplomb.We meet at 'Sangum'.'The picturesque surroundings are We stood by those for whom this was the first trek- ensured everyone reached back safely. This journey so captivating that one gets absorbed in it as if taken king experience.The trail ahead of Kongwattan was originating from 'Zajji has become the treasure of motivating and marvel- over by some magical spell.It is a divine experience. very challenging.I along with others shared the best Marg' the Queen of ous memories to cherish and spur us into action for Away from the cacophony of urban life,it was thera- moments together.We didn't swerve and remained achieving the bigger goals in life. peutic for us.We didn't want these moments to pass steadfast to notch up victory in our efforts. meadows meet at so quickly but before time one is helpless.The show En route,we had our share of hardships.We The author can be reached must go on. didn't grumble and tried to have fun in every situ- 'Sangum' at [email protected] LIFE & TIMES Saturday| 14-08-2021 8

Readiness to punish others for selfish behaviour explained by functional brain connections

Agencies the DLPFC receives this signal commented Oksana Zinchenko, payment for participating in the on guilt assessment and trans- experiment. ollowing a neuroimag- forms it into a specific decision For example, in one round, ing experiment, the on punishment. the dictator decided to keep 35 Higher School of Eco- The interaction between the coins and give five coins to the Fnomics researchers TPJ and DLPFC is important for receiver. The experiment partic- found that the stronger the func- making a decision on punish- ipant decided to invest 10 coins tional brain connects, the less ment. HSE University research- in punishing the dictator, and inclined someone is to punish ers assumed that the initial con- 20 coins were withheld from the others for unfair behaviour. nectivity between these areas in dictator's win in this round. Their paper 'Wired to punish? a specific human brain impacts For all rounds with unfair Electroencephalographic study a person's readiness to impose decisions, the level of punish- of the resting-state neuronal os- punishment. ment was calculated as the cillations underlying third-party To confirm this hypothesis, number of game money the par- punishment' was published in the the researchers conducted a ticipant was willing to spend journal Neuroscience. neuroimaging experiment. At a research fellow at the Institute in order to punish the dictator. Productive and predictive first, the participant's brain ac- for Cognitive Neuroscience. Following this, the level of pun- interaction with other people tivity was recorded with electro- Immediately after EEG, the ishment was correlated with is possible thanks to the ex- encephalography (EEG) over a participants were given the as- connectivity between the tem- istence of numerous social span of ten minutes. signment to observe two other poroparietal junction and the norms. However, the fact that During this time, the par- people playing the 'dictator dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. these norms exist does not ticipants did not perform any game'. The first player, the 'dic- The researchers found that guarantee that they will be fol- tasks, and during the last five tator', received 40 coins in each the stronger the connectivity be- lowed: punishment for norm minutes, they sat with their attempt, part of which they kept tween these two areas, the lower violators is needed. eyes closed. Such recording of for themselves, while the other the level of punishment, which This is how various forms of brain activity in resting-state was given to the other player - meant less money spent punish- social punishment act as tools to helped with further analysis to the receiver. The actions of both ing the dictator for unfair deci- reinforce order and cooperation assess the power of connection players were programmed, but sions. This connectivity also in communities. Punishment between different brain areas the experiment participants be- likely reflects the inclination to may be imposed by the victim of in each of the participants. A to- lieved they were real people. accumulate evidence against the the violation (the second party) tal of 17 people entered the final The role of the observer dictator. Further research may or an observer who had not suf- sample, each playing the role of (the third party) was as follows: confirm or refute this hypothesis. fered (a third party). a third party. when the dictator made a deci- It was also confirmed that Whole networks of various 'In classical neuroimaging sion on money distribution, the the functional condition of TPJ brain structures are involved studies, we rely on data that is observer could 'punish' them for in the resting-state impacts a in third-party punishment deci- recorded while the participants an unfair decision. The punish- person's readiness to punish sion-making. The key zones are are completing the assignment. ment was a 'fine'. However, in others for injustice. It is as- the dorsolateral prefrontal cor- However, in the studies where order to issue a fine, the partici- sumed that a more 'sensitive' tex (DLPFC) and temporopari- we receive data on brain activ- pant had to invest their coins. TPJ means that unfair behav- etal junction (TPJ). Researchers ity in resting state, we can as- The dictator received a fine iour causes a stronger guilt assume that the TPJ evaluates sume, with certain limitations, that was twice as high as the in- evaluation signal, which is fol- the level of guilt and deliber- how a person who has not even vested amount. The money they lowed by a stricter decision on ateness of the violation, while seen the task would behave,' had left was converted into real punishment. ‘Dissimilar students can become friends by being assigned to sit together’ study conducted in Hungarian they reported their friendships in a survey. bers of Roma students in their sample. schools showed that seating stu- Statistical analysis of the students' demo- However, overall their findings sug- dents next to each other boosted graphics and reported friendships showed that gested that seating assignments could be Atheir tendency to become friends-- sitting next to each other increased the prob- effective tools in promoting diverse friend- both for pairs of similar students and pairs ability of their becoming mutual friends from ships, which could help foster social skills of students who differed in their educational 15 to 22 per cent (an increase of 7 per cent). and improve attitudes about those in other achievement, gender, or ethnicity. The propensity toward friendship in- demographic groups. Senior author Felix The findings of the study were published creased for all pairs of students, includ- Elwert said, "Friendships matter, for bet- in the open-access journal 'PLOS ONE'. ing those who differed in their educational ter or worse. Having friends improves hap- According to earlier research, proxim- achievement, gender, or ethnicity (Roma or piness and health; but friendship networks ity between people can promote friendships. non-Roma ethnic identity). also divide people, because humans mostly However, people also tend to become friends However, the researchers found, the befriend others that are just like them." with those who have similar characteristics, number of friendships increased more for Elwert added, "Importantly, we found such as gender, age, and ethnicity. similar versus dissimilar pairs of students. that sitting next to each other increased It is unclear how these two phenomena This was because the baseline propen- friendship potential for all children, re- interact; specifically, whether the similarity sity toward friendship started out higher gardless of their gender, class, or ethnic between individuals influences the effects of for similar students, so seating them next background. This demonstrates that simple proximity on friendship. to each other pushed more of them past a ('light-touch") interventions can effectively To explore this question, Julia Rohrer of threshold into an actual friendship than did diversify friendship networks." the University of Leipzig, Germany, and col- seating dissimilar students together. Gender Co-author Tamas Keller said, "Although leagues conducted an experiment in which was the main driver of this pattern. teachers have full control over arranging the they created randomised classroom seating The researchers noted that the effect of classroom seating chart, inducing friend- charts for 2,966 students in grades 3 through sitting together for students of Roma and ship by seating chart arrangement is an 8 across 40 schools in rural Hungary. non-Roma ethnicities was less certain than overlooked policy lever. Our research has The students remained in their assigned for pairs of students who were dissimilar in highlighted two specific boundaries: gender seats for one semester, at the end of which other ways, especially given the small num- and ethnic differences."

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DIPK-6545/21 BUSINESS Saturday | 14.08.2021 09 JK to be brought on world Navin reviews release, tourism map: Advisor Khan re-validation of funds during 2021-22 KO NEWS DESK tions and has laid stress on reviv- for the government. He said that Dodhpathri, Ban- under CSS Agri and allied departments al of trekking routes. The Advisor Advisor Baseer Khan said that gus, Gurez, Sonamarg, Basholi, SRINAGAR, AUGUST 13: With an said that ITDC needs to visit the there is a need to identify and higher areas in district Rajouri KO NEWS DESK upon all the heads of the re- spective departments. aim to bring Jammu and Kash- locations which are being identi- set goals on the basis of priority and Doda are some of the areas spective departments to sub- During the meeting, the de- mir on the world tourism map, fied in Jammu and Kashmir and before embarking on working which need long term invest- SRINAGAR, AUGUST 13: Prin- mit their pending proposals partments were also asked to the government is taking slew of point out the basic amenities, on different models and there is ment for better dividends. cipal Secretary Agriculture with the Finance Department submit details of the unspent measures to identify and intro- facilities and wayside amenities a need to delineate and identify While setting the goals and Production & Farmers' Welfare of all the ongoing centrally balance of funds of their ac- duce virgin destinations to the that are required to give a flip areas where ITDC can provide its identifying the requirements, Department (AP&FWD), Navin sponsored schemes (CSS) and counts, if any, and subsequently outside world. to the Tourism infrastructure in support. Advisor emphasised that ev- Kumar Choudhary on Friday This was revealed at a virtual erything has to be achieved by chaired a meeting of senior of- meeting chaired by Advisor to drawing a timeline for each ac- ficers to review the release and Lieutenant Governor Baseer Ah- tivity in order to usher into new re-validation of funds during mad Khan, attended by Chair- areas of activities as far as tour- 2021-22 under the Centrally man & Managing Director, India ism is concerned. Sponsored Schemes of AP&FWD Tourism Development Corpora- Secretary Tourism, JK gave a and allied departments. tion (ITDC), Secretary Tourism brief about the new destina- Director Finance AP&FWD, J&K and other officers. tions and said government has Director Planning AP&FWD, The meeting was held in order taken several steps to boost Director Agriculture Jammu/ to list out the various parameters tourism and is giving attention Kashmir, Director Animal/ that need to be worked out for to the development of tourism- Sheep Husbandry Jammu/ identifying new tourist destina- related infrastructure in Jammu Kashmir and Director Sericul- tions and building up of infra- and Kashmir. He also said that ture J&K, Director Fisheries central sector schemes as soon be transferred to the SNA ac- structure there. the department is looking at J&K and other concerned at- as possible. count. He also asked the offi- Advisor while chairing the public-private partnership and tended the meeting in person He also directed the con- cers to make a robust system in meeting said that the govern- outsourcing some of its assets and through virtual mode. cerned officers to submit the their respective departments so ment is identifying new destina- like hutments, hotels, road side While reviewing the prog- information of funds of all that beneficiaries of schemes tions which can be introduced to facilities and said that the help ress of proposals being sent to Centrally Sponsored Schemes shouldn’t visit their offices while the outside world. He said that the Union Territory. He said that In the short term goals, he said of ITDC will be quite gainful. the Finance Department, the (CSS) with respect to the hi- bills are generated and submit- foreign as well as domestic tour- we need consultancy services of that focus on winter sports ac- He also said that ITDC needs to Principal Secretary impressed erarchy of officers of their re- ted with treasuries on time. ists should come to know that ITDC to identify the infrastruc- tivities and skiing competition at provide its support in organising apart from Gulmarg, Pahalgam, tural gaps so that these locations national and international level road shows, publicity campaigns, Sonmarg and Yousmarg there could attract footfall of tourists needs to be prioritized. running of documentaries on in- are a lot of places which are yet from outside world. In the medium term goals, ternational market, workshops. 'India's ranking in network speed to be explored and hold very He said that apart from normal those destinations need to be ITDC assured full support in high potential from the tourism tourist destinations, we have ear- identified where hardy any in- bringing JK on the map of world point of view in both Jammu Di- marked areas for trekking, para- frastructure exists. ITDC needs tourism and said that they will to improve post 5G roll out' vision and Kashmir Division. He gliding, water rafting and winter to supplement the infrastruc- be soon visiting the places and Agencies certainty over exact spectrum already begun the 5G deploy- said this is the area where ITDC sports. He also said that there tural gaps and its marketability. taking necessary measures in ex- allocations and rollout plans ments, such as the UK and US. needs to play its part and help in are certain rivers where rafting On long term basis, Advisor said ploring new destinations. They New Delhi: As India gears up (including the radio access However, in recent months, all the promotion and marketing of can be introduced, besides cer- that there is need to identify also said that regular interac- for the launch of 5G network, network and improvements to operators have been working JK tourism. tain programmes are also in the such locations that require high tions of the tourism industry of a report by Ookla said that the backhaul and transport net- behind the scenes to help drive Advisor said that Lieutenant pipeline. Advisor also said that level investment for creating in- Kashmir with the tour operators launch of 5G network in India works), but it's safe to say 5G 5G commercialisation. They are Governor has directed the tour- Jammu and Kashmir has a huge frastructure and other logistics in rest of the country will be or- has the potential to increase will bring a considerable bump conducting 5G trials and have ism department to come up with potential for adventure tourism on the pattern of Gulmarg before ganised so that tourists are di- the median download speeds to overall speeds in the coun- shown impressive 5G speeds. the list of new Tourist destina- and will be a focus of attention they are ready for tourist influx. verted to JK. (5G vs 4G-LTE) up to 10 times try," said the report. The insights by Ookla further from the current position and The data mapped by Ookla stated that the delay in the 5G improve India's global ranking is showing an increase in Jio's rollout would eventually ben- in terms of network speed. efit the operators as they can 74% mid-market business leaders in India The findings are based on procure the network equip- Speedtest data from other mar- ment at a lower cost. The adop- kets in Asia that have recently tion of Open RAN system by the optimistic about economy in 2021: Grant Thornton launched 5G (Thailand and the Indian operators will further MUMBAI: For the first time since towards a wider economic recovery. At the heart of this recovery is a and machinery (65%). Philippines both launched 5G aid in bringing down the overall the start of the pandemic, 74% mid- “Indian economy is on a steady much stronger outlook by the mid- “Initiatives such as Aatmanirbhar in Q1 2020 and Q2 2020 respec- cost of 5G rollout. market business leaders, surveyed path of recovery. India’s long-term market business. 69% are expecting Bharat Abhiyan, Production-Linked tively) that shows the differen- The 5G smartphone prices in India, are optimistic about the fundamentals remain strong and to grow their turnover in the next 12 Incentive Scheme, have opened tial between 4G-LTE and 5G have already fallen and this Indian economy compared with supported by various policy re- months, while 68% are expecting an several avenues for business in the speeds was on average around trend will continue, spurred in 69% globally, according to a Grant forms, the investment and busi- increase in profitability. country to expand their horizons 9-10x in Q2 2021. India by partnerships such as Thornton survey. ness activity are likely to gain full The improved outlook chimes and compete globally," said Vasal. According to Ookla, as of June performance since March 2021. Jio Platform's with Google, the This biannual Grant Thornton steam ahead as things open further with the World Bank’s forecast of The survey has tracked shifts in at- 2021, 64.5 per cent of 4G users The operator's median down- report said. Global Survey gathers responses in India and overseas," said Vikas a 5.6% growth in the world econ- titudes towards internationalisation in India could expect to achieve load speeds have increased Ookla is already witnessing a from nearly 5,000 business leaders Vasal, National Managing Partner, omy in 2021 and what it terms during this pandemic. With 57% of download speeds in excess of from 5.96 Mbps in March 2021 growing number of Speedtest in 29 economies, including the G20. Tax, Grant Thornton Bharat, add- as ‘its strongest post-recession companies looking to expand their 5 Mbps, the speed required to to 13.08 Mbps in June. Its up- results running on 5G capable The outlook remains more-or-less ing that living with the pandemic pace in 80 years’. Also, invest- geographic sales footprint this year- stream HD video content, up load speeds and Consistency devices in India, which indi- the same compared with H2 2020 is inevitable, however, businesses ment sentiments by these busi- -the third highest in the sample--in- from 52.9 per cent in March. Score also saw considerable im- cates that there will be a pre- survey results, but one can see a are now better equipped than be- nesses, are tilting towards tech- ternational sales and a larger global "It's impossible to say exactly provements. installed user base that opera- tremendous improvement in mid- fore in ensuring that the recovery nology (70%), R&D (68%), staff footprint appear to be a real priority how fast 5G will be for the av- Currently, India clearly lags tors can target from day one of market businesses outlook, pointing remains stable. skills (66%) and physical plants for businesses. erage Indian user, given un- behind the markets that have launch, it said. Airtel announces closure of spectrum trading Airlines Can Operate WhatsApp announces chat agreement with Jio, gets Rs 1,005 crore Maximum Of 72.5% Pre-Covid transfer between iOS and Agencies Vodafone Idea launches new Jio will assume future liabilities Domestic Flights: Centre Android, with a catch postpaid plans starting at ... of Rs 459 crores relating to the elecommunications com- In April, Airtel had announced spectrum,'' the Sunil Mittal-led Agencies When the government had Agencies this cross-platform functional- pany Bharti Airtel on a spectrum trading agreement telco had announced in a release resumed the scheduled domes- ity via Samsung's Smart Switch Friday announced the with Reliance Jio. The company on April 6. New Delhi: Airlines can now tic flights on May 25 last year Twelve years since WhatsApp's transfer tool. The new tool was Tclosure of its spectrum entered an agreement with Reli- “The sale of the 800 MHz operate a maximum of 72.5 per after a two-month break, the release, the company has finally revealed at Samsung's Galaxy trading agreement with Reliance ance Industries' telecom subsid- blocks in these three circles has cent of their pre-Covid domes- ministry had allowed the car- allowed chats to be transferred Unpacked event, and will debut Jio Infocomm (Jio) to transfer the iary Jio to transfer the ‘Right to enabled us to unlock value from tic flights instead of the 65 per riers to operate not more than between Android and iOS apps. on Samsung's newest Galaxy ‘Right to Use’ of Airtel’s 800 MHz Use’ of Airtel’s 800 MHz spec- spectrum that was unutilised. cent allowed till date, the Min- 33 per cent of their pre-Covid Until now, if you had a What- foldable devices, with a broader spectrum in three circles to Jio. trum in Andhra Pradesh (3.75 This is aligned to our overall istry of Civil Aviation stated on domestic services. sApp account and decided to Android release later. The app Airtel said that the company MHz), Delhi (1.25 MHz) and network strategy,'' Gopal Vit- Thursday. The carriers have been The cap was gradually in- change phones from Android to will allow chats to be transferred has received Rs 1,004.8 crore Mumbai (2.50 MHz) to Jio. The tal, MD & CEO (India and South operating 65 per cent of their creased to 80 per cent by De- iOS or vice versa, you would not from an iOS device to a Samsung (net of tax) from Jio for the pro- agreement was subject to statu- Asia), Bharti Airtel had said in pre-Covid domestic flights since cember. The 80 per cent cap have been able to transfer your one via a Lightning to USB-C ca- posed transfer. In addition, Jio tory approvals. the statement. July 5 according to the ministry's remained in place till June 1. chats with it--officially. The rea- ble (most of which retail for over will assume future liabilities “Through this agreement, Air- Shares of Bharti Airtel were order. Between June 1 and July 5, The May 28 decision to bring son was that Android backs up Rs 1,400 online). of Rs. 469.3 crores relating to tel will receive a consideration of trading more than 2% higher at the cap was at 50 per cent. down the cap from 80 to 50 chats to Google Drive while iOS However, iOS users want- the spectrum, it said in the ex- Rs 1037.6 crores from Jio for the Rs 636 per share in Friday's af- The ministry issued a fresh per cent from June 1 onwards did so to iCloud--the two cloud- ing to transfer data from an change filing. proposed transfer. In addition, ternoon deals on the BSE. order on Thursday, wherein it was taken "in view of the sud- based storages being incompat- Android will need to wait, modified the July 5 order stating den surge in the number of ac- ible with each other. though a WhatsApp spokes- that "65 per cent capacity may be tive COVID-19 cases across the While third-party apps al- person told TechCrunch they read as 72.5 per cent capacity". country, decrease in passenger lowed for this transfer, due to were working to bring this Time for industry to make Thursday's order also noted that traffic and the passenger load them being unofficial, they feature to users worldwide. the 72.5 per cent cap will "remain (occupancy rate) factor", the raised a security issue. The transfer currently only investments: FM Nirmala Sitharaman in place until further order". ministry had said. Now, WhatsApp has enabled works with a single backup file. Appeals business leaders to tie up with foreign partners to attract investment and reduce reliance on imports Adi Godrej to step down as Godrej Industries' Agencies Annual Meeting 2021. done by us in October 2019,” Sitharaman reminded indus- the minister said. NEW DELHI: Finance minister try representatives of what the Sitharaman explained that chairman; Nadir Godrej to take over Nirmala Sitharaman on Thurs- government has done to boost the government did not ask Agencies almost four decades. day said that the government economic growth and to im- for an extra penny of tax from "It has been a privilege to has taken all the necessary prove the investment climate either individuals or corpora- NEW DELHI: Veteran industri- serve Godrej Industries for over reforms to help economy and including the corporate rate tions to manage the coronavi- alist Adi Godrej will step down four decades, during which we rus pandemic. She appealed to as chairman as well as from the have delivered strong results the business leaders to tie up board of directors of Godrej In- and transformed our company," with foreign partners to attract dustries Ltd, passing on the ba- said Adi Godrej. investment and to reduce their ton to his younger brother Nadir He thanked the board for its reliance on imports. “I would Godrej, effective October 1, ac- support and guidance, his team think this is the best time for the cording to a company statement. members, business partners, Indian industry to ensure that The 79-year-old industrialist shareholders, investors, and everybody whose investment is will continue to serve as chair- communities, for their contin- coming out of some geographies man of the Godrej Group and ued partnership. are drawn to India. You stand chairman emeritus of GIL, said "I am very confident that our up for India, you partner with the statement. best years are ahead of us, and them and you open up. I can see "Nadir Godrej, who is cur- I look forward to Nadir and our totally new areas into which In- rently managing director of GIL, team achieving our exciting as- dian industry is moving in and will take over as chairman and pirations," Adi Godrej. now it is time for the Indian cut of 2019 and appealed to I would invite all of you to take managing director of the com- In the statement, Nadir Go- business leaders to come for- businesses to take bold deci- this opportunity, take the bull by pany," it added. GIL is a holding drej thanked his brother for his ny. Our leadership team is com- board of group's FMCG arm, ward and make investments to sions to expand. “It is time the its horns,” the minister said. company of the Godrej Group. vision and leadership, which mitted to building forward on Godrej Consumer Products Ltd boost economy. Indian industry comes out in a The finance minister assured It has significant interests in shaped the company. these foundations; continuing (GCPL), effective next month. “Time has come for the in- very big way because today is the business that government consumer goods, real estate, ag- "On behalf of our team at Go- to serve our people and com- In GCPL, he already passed dustry to come forward and the time for you to show the is committed to the revival of riculture, chemicals and finan- drej Industries and our board, munities, and creating long- on the baton to his younger make investments, push eco- risk taking abilities, to take de- the economy and will continue cial services through its subsid- I want to thank our chairman term value for all our stake- daughter Nisaba Godrej in nomic recovery,” Nirmala Sith- cisions to expand. Corporate to undertake various steps to iary and associate companies, for his vision, values and ex- holders," said Nadir Godrej said. 2017 as chairman. But, he will araman said addressing the CII tax is at its lowest. This was boost growth. across 18 countries. ceptional leadership that has On August 4, Adi Godrej an- remain as chairman emeritus Adi Godrej has served GIL for guided and shaped our compa- nounced to step down from the of the FMCG firm. NEWS Saturday | 14.08.2021 10 India's Armed Forces Are SII's Poonawalla Bats For 'India Constantly Ready To Deal With Any Booster Dose, Opposes Mixing Of Monitoring Situation Security Challenge: CDS Vaccines, Criticizes Export Ban In Afghanistan' Agenceis to cross border militancy into Agenceis the Taliban around the capital Jammu and Kashmir, he said Agenceis and producing that much quan- city of Balkh province. NEW DELHI: India's armed ending it is one of the focus areas. tity is not easy," Poonawalla New Delhi: India is prepared for "We are closely monitoring forces are ready to deal with "The armed forces are ready Pune; Serum Institute of India added. any possible eventuality includ- developments in this regard. any security challenge, and to deal with any challenge," chairman Cyrus Poonawalla on No company in the world can ing evacuation of its officials We are concerned about the measures taken to increase syn- Gen Rawat said, adding efforts Friday said that taking a third or provide 10 to 12 crore doses in and nationals from Afghanistan deteriorating security situa- ergy among the three services taken to increase jointness `booster dose' of Covishield, the a month, he said. in view of fast deteriorating se- tion," External Affairs Ministry will enhance their overall ca- among the forces will enhance coronavirus vaccine manufac- "However, with the advance curity scenario with the Taliban Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi pabilities, Chief of Defence Staff their capabilities. tured by his firm, was desirable. preparations by SII and invest- wresting control of several ma- said on Thursday about the de- Gen Bipin Rawat said on Friday. As part of India's mega de- He also said he was not in ments of thousands of crores, jor provincial capitals such as velopments in Afghanistan. Gen Rawat also recalled fence reform initiative, Gen favour of mixing two differ- we can produce 110 to 120 Kandahar and Herat, the second The Taliban has made rapid Prime Minister Narendra Rawat has been working on ence vaccines, and criticized the crore doses per year. As other and third largest Afghan cities. advances in the last few days Modi's directions to modernise the theaterisation model under Union government for banning companies are also producing India is constantly monitor- and reports said it now controls the armed forces and noted that which at least six new integrated exports of vaccines. Poonawalla the vaccines, the immunization ing the situation in Afghanistan about a third of Afghanistan's there was a need to increase commands are being envisaged. was speaking to reporters after will increase," he said. and contingency plans are in provincial capitals. their capabilities further. As per the plan, each of the receiving the Lokmanya Tilak group. Poonawalla termed the place to deal with any situation A US statement on Thursday The Chief of Defence Staff was theatre commands will have award here. If such combination of doses Union government's decision including evacuation of officials said Secretary of State Antony speaking at an event to mark units of the Army, the Navy and "After six months, the anti- did not work, each vaccine to ban the export of vaccines as and Indian citizens if required, Blinken and Secretary of Defence the 75th anniversary of India's the Air Force and all of them will bodies go down and that is why manufacturer will blame the a very bad move . people familiar with the devel- Lloyd J Austin spoke with Afghan Independence which is being cele- work as a single entity looking af- I have taken the third dose. We other company, he said. Later, "My son asked me not to opment said. President Ashraf Ghani to stress brated as 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav'. ter security challenges in a speci- have given the third dose to in a statement to clarify his open my mouth (on the issue). It is learnt that a number of that the US remains invested Gen Rawat said India is a fied geographical territory under our seven to eight thousand remarks, Poonawalla said such But it is my view that exports international organisations in- in the security and stability of peace-loving nation but it had an operational commander. SII employees. For those who mixing can be resorted to if a ought to be opened, he said. cluding media entities have ap- Afghanistan in the face of vio- to train its forces for war con- At present, the Army, Navy have completed the second particular vaccine is not avail- Over 150 countries are de- proached Indian authorities to lence by the Taliban. sidering the kind of challenges and the Air Force have separate dose, it is my request to take a able at the time of second dose. pendent on the SII for vaccines help them in the evacuation of The Taliban's capture of it has been facing. commands. Initially, a plan has booster dose (third dose) after He also dismissed re- and are blaming the company their staff if the situation dete- Kandahar and Herat is seen as a "Our prime minister has given been firmed up for the creation six months," he said. ports about `threats' to the for stopping the supply during riorates further. major setback for the Afghan forces. us some directions that we have of Air Defence Command and The ideal gap between two Poonawalla family. His son a crucial period, he said. With the Taliban step- The militant group has also to focus on our country's eco- Maritime Theatre Command. doses of Covishield is two Adar had left the country for In his speech at the award ping up its onslaught across captured the strategically locat- nomic revival, think on human re- In his brief address, the Chief months though the Union gov- a usual summer vacation, he ceremony earlier, he praised Afghanistan, the US has an- ed provincial capital of Ghazni source development and encour- of Defence Staff also remem- ernment increased it to three claimed. the Narendra Modi govern- nounced to send around 3,000 on Thursday, increasing its ter- age technology and research. We bered Mahatma Gandhi and months because of dose short- Asked for his view on the ment for cutting red-tapism, troops to Kabul to evacuate a ritorial control in the country. have to progress towards military Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose for age, he said. government's assurance to and recalled how the industry significant number of its em- Meanwhile, the Afghan for- defence reforms," Gen Rawat said. their leadership role in India's "I am against the mixing of complete the vaccination in the used to face "hardships" in se- bassy staff. eign ministry said it has raised In an apparent reference Independence movement. two different vaccines. There entire country by the end of curing permissions and "ha- The UK is also sending 600 with the international com- is no need to mix two differ- this year and the claim that 45 rassment from bureaucrats" 50 troops to help British nationals munity the "grave concerns" of OUR PRIME MINISTER HAS GIVEN us some ent vaccines," Poonawalla said, crore doses will be available by years ago. Speedy permissions leaving the country in view of the government and people of when asked about a recent September, he said, "What do granted by the government the massive spike in violence. Afghanistan over the Taliban's directions that we have to focus on our country's ICMR study that a cocktail of you think ? Politicians some- authorities made the develop- India evacuated its staff from brutal attacks on cities, which economic revival, think on human resource Covishield and Covaxin was times boast... ment of the coronavirus vac- its consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif have led to "war crimes and development and encourage technology and research. We found to have generated bet- "Our production of COVID-19 cine within a very short time earlier this week in view of the blatant human rights violations have to progress towards military defence reforms." ter immunity within a small vaccine is 10 crore per month possible, he noted. rapidly escalating violence by and humanitarian catastrophe". CONTD. FROM FRONT PAGE

Overnight Highway which a four year old child was killed & several entire country. on both sides of the border who knew that once mosques, people at many places offered prayers others injured. My sympathies with their loved “These warriors have put relentless efforts the past was edited the future remained clouded”. on streets and outside compounds in protest. after two militants, who had positioned ones,” she said. without even caring for their own lives and The book also mentions how ISI considered “It’s ironic that on one hand all concerns re- themselves in a building, started firing “indis- Security Tightened the lives of their family members and even re- Kulbhushan Jadhav, a former Indian Navy of- garding Covid are being ignored when it comes criminately” on a BSF convoy on the Jammu- mained away from their dear ones during this ficer on death row in Pakistan over espionage to asking people to participate in official func- Srinagar National Highway. Kumar said all security arrangements have been pandemic. With the day and night efforts of charges, a “small fry” and “intended to turn tions while restrictions are being imposed on Kashmir Inspector General of Police Vijay put in place across the valley and the forces are on these Health Care warriors, Jammu & Kashmir him into an enormous trophy”. Friday prayers and worship in central mosques, Kumar said the slain ultra, identified as Usman alert. was successful in keeping the positivity rate They quote an unnamed officer connected shrines and imambaras where Covid SOPs are from Pakistan, was a “dreaded terrorist” active “There is checking, frisking, and drone sur- of patients and mortality rate within con- with the ISI who says, “The I.S.I. waited pa- being fully followed,” the spokesperson said. for the past six months. veillance on the people. We are using technical trollable limits,” Sinha said, as per an official tiently, hoping to grow Jadhav into something Apart from seeking lifting of restrictions “Around 3 pm (Thursday), terrorists fired surveillance. We will ensure an incident-free spokesperson. special and then when he was big enough, as a on the Jamia Masjid as well as all other ma- upon the convoy of BSF on the Srinagar-Jammu function in every district, including Srinagar,” He said that the LG appreciated the servic- target, the I.S.I. would pull him in.” jor places of worship, the Anjuman also de- National Highway near Malpora Mir Bazar area Kumar told reporters here. es rendered by the Health Care Warriors and Govt To Act Against manded immediate release of its President and of Kulgam. The fire was retaliated by an ROP He said people should not feel any fear and has decided to honour 50 Covid Warriors with Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz (road opening party) of police and security forc- participate in the functions. Certificate of Appreciation on August 15. Distress Sales) Act-1997 shall be taken cog- Umar Farooq. (With agency inputs) es,” a police spokesman said. “Pakistan is always instigating militants to “With the hard work of our doctors, health nizance by the competent authority (district Man Held With There were no injuries in the initial attack. stop people, by carrying out terror incidents. Do workers, and other services, we have ensured magistrate) with timely action for eviction, Police and Army reinforcements reached not be afraid, your force is ready and we will pro- better healthcare delivery during pandemic. I custody and restoration of such properties and at Morh Kotan in the district, Additional there immediately and cordoned off the area, vide security,” The IGP said. would like to convey gratitude to them on be- also action against the violators. Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu the spokesperson said. Kumar was speaking to reporters at the Sher- half of the entire Jammu and Kashmir,” Sinha, “The revenue officers shall dispose off cases zone, Mukesh Singh said. “The force party ensured not to give any e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium where a full-dress as per the official spokesperson said. on priority, with due consideration to the cir- During checking, a suspicious person was chance to the terrorists to escape. The terror- rehearsal took place. The function was presid- Among others, the LG has approved name cumstances and specifically, while taking de- apprehended and during his search, an IED at- ists managed to took shelter in a nearby huge ed over by Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, of Dr. Naveed Nazir Shah, Prof. & Head, cision with regard to the limitation period,” it tached with four sticky bombs and Rs 10,500 building. The holed-up terrorists fired indis- Pandurang K Pole. Pulmonary Medicine CD Hospital Srinagar, adds. were seized from his possession, he said. criminately upon the joint party of police/se- Pole hoisted the national flag and took salute Dr. Rahul Gupta, Head of Department, Chest The order by J&K administration comes two The man, identified as Mehmood Hussain of curity forces which was retaliated, leading to at the March past, the officials said. Diseases GMC, Jammu, Dr.Fayaz Ahmad Sofi, days after Union Minister of State for Home Kasbalari area of Poonch, was arrested, the of- an encounter,” he said. He also inspected the parade on the occa- Professor, Internal Medicine, SKIMS Soura, Nityanand Rai said in Rajya Sabha that nine ficials said. The IGP said there was a general input for the sion, they added. Prof.(Dr) Ghulam Jeelani Romshoo, Head of properties of Kashmiri Pandits had been re- With this a major tragedy ahead of last one week that “terrorists were planning an The officials said the contingents of various Department, Medicine GMC, Anantnag, Dr stored to original owners so far in J&K and the Independence Day was averted, they added. attack on the national highway on Baramulla- security forces participated in the March past. Tajamul Hussain, CMO Budgam, Dr. Ravinder district magistrates (DMs) were the legal cus- An FIR has been registered at police station Srinagar road or Qazigund-Pantha Chowk”. Various senior civil administration and po- Pal Singh, Survelliance Medical Officer , WHO todians of the immovable properties of the mi- Mendhar and further investigation is on, the “So, the police and security forces were lice officers were present on the occasion, they J&K in recognition of their dedicated services grants, who take suo moto action on eviction officials said. ready. This shows how good the response of said. during Covid Pandemic. proceedings in cases of encroachment, while the security forces has been that there was re- As a precautionary measure, the security “Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir han- the migrants can also request DMs in such cas- LG Performs Chhari taliation and the militant was not allowed to forces had sealed a road link -- from Sonwar dled the Covid-19 pandemic with great profes- es. (With PTI inputs) and reach the holy Cave of Amarnath shrine flee,” Kumar told reporters here. Chowk to TRC Chowk -- around the venue and sionalism and used all possible resources to 98,000 Kashmiri via Pahalgam route following the Chhari He said when the BSF convoy was coming, the traffic was diverted via other routes, the of- provide Care and Cure to the patients suffer- Mubarak Yatra tradition. “two terrorists fired indiscriminately from a ficials said. ing from Covid-19 in both waves,” the official or possessing immovable property in any The traditional Chhari pujan began on Vyas huge building, but there was no injury to us”. MPs Panel Arriving spokesperson said. part of Jammu and Kashmir on or after 1944, Purnima on 24th July at Pahalgam where “Security forces cordoned off the area and British Journalist is entitled to domicile of the Union Territory. Bhoomi Pujan and Dhwajarohan ceremonies the encounter ensued. GoC (general officer at Gulmarg to check the status of the Waste On May 16 last year, the Jammu and Kashmir were held. commanding of the Army’s south Kashmir- Management rules in and around Gulmarg. soldiers died the following day in an IED administration took a historic decision by re- Pertinently, keeping in view the pandemic based) Victor Force and I monitored the opera- “The committee will also oversee a discus- blast. It took three days for the security forces opening “fresh registration” for Kashmiri mi- this year arrangements were made for the tion during the night. We used rocket launcher sion session with representatives of banks in- to be certain they were back in control. grants and displaced people that paved the way virtual puja, hawan & online prasad book- and a militant was neutralised during the night. cluding J&K bank along with several other rep- India responded by heaping pressure on for inclusion of bonafide people who migrated ing through various online services of Shri “Since it is difficult to search in the dark, in resentatives from CERC, NTPC, PFC, PGCIL and battle-weary Pakistan, threatening war, the from the UT. Amarnathji Shrine Board. The Board has also the morning, the dead body of a Pakistani ter- J&K State Power Development Authority,” the authors say. “But internal reporting by com- “Bonafide migrants and bonafide displaced arranged for a live telecast of morning and rorist identified as Usman, who had been ac- order reads. bined intelligence was coruscating and pain- persons who are not yet registered with the evening Aarti from the holy Cave of Lord Shiva tive for the last six months, was recovered,” he Apart from the on-spot tours, the committee fully honest. It acknowledged that several key relief and rehabilitation commissioner (mi- both on TV and Digital platforms. said. will also meet officers from the home ministry pieces of protection were missing, ‘’despite grant), Jammu and Kashmir, can apply before A huge cache of arms and ammunition, and the local administration in Srinagar. constant warnings’’. the competent authority for registration for Govt Transfers which includes an AK-47 rifle, magazines, gre- Among the officers deputed by the Home More than 91 kilometres of the Punjab border purpose of issuance of a domicile certificate Director, SICOP, holding additional charge nades, RPG-7 rocket launcher, was recovered Ministry in the region, Chief Secretary Arun was not fenced,” they write. “At least four re- only,” an order issued by the Department of of Managing Director, SIDCO, has been trans- from the encounter site, he said. Mehta is expected to meet the delegation. ports had suggested that rivers (and dry creaks) Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation ferred and posted as Secretary/CEO, KVIB, Kumar said it shows the “terrorists they Pertinently, the standing committee on energy were vulnerable spots, but no nets were pegged and Reconstruction, had said on May 16 last against an available vacancy. were planning something big”. is also expected to be touring J&K from August across them. year. As per separate order, Haris Ahmad Handoo “It is after a long time that RPG-7 has been 21 to 26. There were no extra patrols, despite six The relief and rehabilitation commissioner (JKAS), awaiting orders of adjustment in the recovered (in Kashmir) and the police and se- Meanwhile, the standing committee for ex- written requests. Surveillance technology and (migrant) of Jammu and Kashmir shall be the General Administration Department, has been curity forces have averted a major incident. ternal affairs led by former law minister PP movement trackers had not been deployed,” competent authority for the purpose of regis- posted as Special Secretary to the Government, I am proud of the police and security forces,” Chaudhary is likely to visit J&K for five days in they say. They also quote a BSF officer telling tration of displaced persons, besides Kashmiri Jal Shakti Department, with immediate effect. he said, adding, “We achieved a major suc- the first week of September. The committee is them that the border guarding force was “thin migrants to issue domicile certificate, the order Tej Krishan Bhat (JKAS), Relief and cess by killing Usman – the dreaded Pakistani expected to augment infrastructure facilities in on the ground because it concentrated its ac- said. Rehabilitation Commissioner (Migrants), J&K, terrorist.” J&K to boost economy in the region. tivities in Kashmir, and its requests for more For this purpose, migrants and displaced has been transferred and posted as Special The police spokesman quoted above also According to the sources in the administra- men had been ignored repeatedly”. people can apply online with one of the proofs, Secretary to the Government, Department of said a CRPF jawan and an Army personnel and tion, over 100 MP’s are expected to visit J&K on On the Pathankot strike, Levy and Scott-Clark including a copy of permanent resident certifi- Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare. two civilians got injured in the “indiscriminate a study tour by the end of September. say that terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed had cate, name in electoral roll of 1951 and 1988, Ashok Kumar Pandita (JKAS), Additional firing by the terrorists”. J&K Logs 129 paid for the 350 kilos of explosives but they proof of working in an autonomous body or Secretary to the Government, Information All the injured have been taken to a hospital had been procured in India and the haul was entity before 1.11.1989, proof of owning im- Department, has been transferred and posted for treatment, he said. outbreak of pandemic last year in J&K to waiting for the raiding party on the Indian side. movable property in Jammu and Kashmir on or as Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner CRPF Man, 323190. “Indian allies, including corrupt local police after 1944, among others. (Migrants), J&K. Giving district-wise details, officials said, officers, were suspected of scouting the air- Friday Prayers were removed to the hospital for treatment. Srinagar reported 21, Baramulla 8, Budgam 11, base. One of these dirty cops had found an area Soura Placed The grenade attack triggered panic in the Pulwama 2, Kupwara 3, Anantnag 5, Ganderbal where there were multiple vulnerabilities: the of Jamia Masjid expressed surprise and re- within the 2-kilometre radius in/around the area, prompting the shopkeepers to down their 5, Kulgam 8, Jammu 15, Udhampur 5, Rajouri 9, floodlights were down, and the C.C.T.V. camer- sentment over the closure of central religious Anchar Soura,” he said. shutters and run towards safer places. The Doda 16, Kathua 1, Samba 1, Kishtwar 3, Poonch as had no coverage. There was no surveillance places including the Jamia Masjid, Hazratbal He further said that a police team led by the movement of traffic was also affected briefly. 1 and Reasi 15 new cases of Covid-19. No new equipment of any kind and a large tree grew shrine, Khanqah-e-Maula and Astaan Aalia SP Hazratbal along with SHO Soura and the ex- Soon after the attack, reinforcements of po- case of virus was reported from Shopian, beside the perimeter wall that one written re- Makhdoom sahab for Friday prayers by ad- perts used the drones from SKIMS Park. lice and CRPF reached the area and launched a Bandipora and Ramban districts. port identified as a security hazard,” the book, ministration under the “guise of COVID-19”, “Aerial surveillance helps to keep a close search operation to nab the attackers. Also, officials said, 112 more patients have published by Juggernaut, says. terming this attitude of the rulers as extremely watch on the suspects. It also helps to further BJP Leader’s House recovered, 60 from Jammu Division and 52 An IB officer who investigated the case told regrettable and appalling. strengthen the security cover that is put in from Kashmir Valley. the authors that the “police officer or one of his “The Anjuman Auqaf had ensured that peo- place,” the police spokesperson added. prayers for early recovery of injured. Meanwhile, there was no death due to the collaborators had climbed up and attached a ple who came to the mosque for prayers fully Perpetrators of this heinous act will be brought virus, however. So far 4395 people have fallen rope. The raiders had used it ‘’to heave over 50 follow the COVID SOP guidelines. But today, the Ladakh Reports to justice soon,” the LG said on Twitter. victim to the pathogen in J&K—2156 in Jammu kilos of ammunition, and 30 kilos of grenades, authorities closed not only the Jamia Masjid and Kargil district. A three-year-old child was killed and six division and 2239 in Kashmir. mortars, and AK-47s’’ used in the strike”. other central and important places for Friday Ladakh has registered 207 Covid-related members of BJP leader Jasbir Singh’s family There were three fresh confirmed case of The heavily armed Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) prayers, but on the contrary, an attempt was deaths -- 149 in Leh and 58 in Kargil -- since were injured in the grenade attack on his house mucormycosis (black fungus) reported today. militants sneaked into the air base, killing six made to create an atmosphere of fear and panic the outbreak of the pandemic last year. A total in Khandli area of the district last night. Thus far 41 black fungus cases have been con- soldiers and an officer. Four militants were by deploying heavy military contingent around of 20,136 patients have recovered till date. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti also con- firmed in J&K, the officials added. (With GNS gunned down by the Indian security forces. many central places of worship,” an Anjuman A total of 1,900 samples -- 1,137 from Leh demned the attack. inputs) The authors write that after the Pulwama at- spokesperson said, in a statement issued here. and 763 from Kargil returned a negative result “Condemn the grenade attack in Rajouri in LG To Honour tack, “spy games were at play by seasoned officers He said that due to the closure of central in the latest round of tests, they said. “AT NO GIVEN POINT, IT LOOKED LIKE he was confused or thinking too much. He was very clear with his plans and when you trust your plans, it definitely works. I 11 thought today was his day and he made it really count.” SATURDAY | 14.08.2021

England To Play 2 T20s Best I Have Seen KL Rahul In Pakistan Before Bat, Says Rohit Sharma Press Trust of India “Our batters now understand Twenty20 World Cup their role which is the most im- LONDON: KL Rahul batted with portant thing and I think they Agencies matches next year. an uncluttered mind and per- are playing by their roles.” While the England’s men haps was at his best while ex- When asked what kind of dis- ISLAMABAD: England will play team will be touring Pakistan ecuting the plans to perfection cussions he had with Rahul as a two-match Twenty20 cricket after a 16-year break, England’s during his superb hundred, feels they opened in England for the series in Pakistan before both women’s squad, led by Heather opening partner Rohit Sharma. first time, the answer was a sig- teams leave for the T20 World Knight, will tour Pakistan along- Rohit himself scored an at- nature Rohit. Cup in the United Arab Emirates side their men’s team for the tractive 83 and added 126 for “Honestly, there was no in October. first time. the opening stand with Rahul, discussion as KL was not sup- Both matches were initially “We are delighted to welcome who ended the first day of the posed to play the first game scheduled to be played in Karachi, both the England men’s team second Test unbeaten on 127. and Mayank (Agarwal) was sup- but the Pakistan Cricket Board on and the England women’s team, “It was probably the best I posed to play that game. Friday said it was moving the se- who will be touring Pakistan for have seen KL bat and he was in “Unfortunately, he (Mayank) ries to Rawalpindi due to “opera- the first time,” PCB chief execu- control from ball one till we fin- got hit on his head and he missed tional and logistical reasons.” tive Wasim Khan said. ished the day today. Very much out due to concussion and then Pindi Cricket Stadium will host The England squads will ar- in control,” Rohit said after the only KL stepped in. Once we the games on Oct. 13 and Oct. 14. rive October 9. day’s play on Thursday. went out to bat, we were dis- It will be England’s first tour Eoin Morgan’s England men’s “At no given point, it looked cussing about what we need to Pakistan since 2005. The squad will leave for the UAE on like he was confused or thinking to do and things like that. Yes, England squad will return for Oct. 15. Knight’s women’s team too much. He was very clear with first time I have played with KL another limited-overs series will stay in Rawalpindi for the his plans and when you trust your in Test cricket but I have batted and World Test Championship three ODIs on Oct. 17, 19 and 21. plans, it definitely works. I thought with him a number of times.” Specially Abled Budgam today was his day and he made it Battling testing conditions really count,” the senior player said. can feel very lonely and if the Rohit’s own innings laid the batting partner is communica- Did BCCI Medical Officer foundation and he seemed tive, it makes the job a lot easier. Cricketer Selected For happy that both him and Rahul “We know each others games were able to control their minds and we understand each oth- In SL Delay Krunal while facing the new ball and ers’ games. And it’s important cut down the risky shots. to keep talking in the middle. It Pandya’s COVID Testing? Bangladesh Cricket Series “That’s the challenge of Test can be very lonely out there, if cricket. You may have lot of you are not communicating and Agencies the recently concluded four days Trust that they are really happy shots in your book but when I feel it’s nice to have a partner probable Cricket Selections Camp and wish Nayeem performs well you know that conditions are who is willing to communicate SRINAGAR: Board of Disabled at Hyderabad organized by Board in Bangaladesh. against you, you have to keep and take the game forward. Cricket Association (BDCA) India of Disabled Cricket Association, Nayeem said that he was talking to yourself and you have “KL and myself — our mind- has selected a specially disabled you have been selected in the picked up by the Selection to cut down the shots that are sets are pretty similar and we young cricketer from Central Indian Cricket Team for the ODI Committee during trials at unnecessary specially with the want to take the game forward.” Kashmir’s Budgam village for series against Bangladesh. You Hyderabad. “They were im- new ball,” Rohit explained. While he doesn’t consider his One Day International Series have also been selected in test pressed by my performance and I “Once you play and get the innings as the best he has batted (ODI) series against Bangladesh. match and T-20 series against was informed about my selection feel of the pitch and conditions, overseas, he does feel that it was BDCA has intimated 25-year Bangladesh,” reads the letter re- during the trials and today I re- then may be you can try and the most challenging one. old cricketer Nayeem Ahmad ceived by Nayeem from General ceived an official letter from the play some shots. We respect “I wouldn’t say the best in- Malla who hails from Aarath vil- Secretay of BDCA, K Rami Reddy. Board,” he said. the conditions here and it’s also nings because as long as you play lage of Budgam about his selec- Nayeem is a well-known crick- Nayeem comes from a fam- important to go out and imple- you will have lot of opportunities tion through an official letter. eter who has already represented ily with humble background. ment plans. That is something but certainly the most challeng- “On behalf of the BDCA and its Jammu and Kashmir at National He doesn’t hesitate in admitting us as a batting group have done ing one. I felt very good, really Press Trust of India medical officer. It is strange Board members I wish to inform level. that he used to be a slopseller in reasonably well — right from happy with the way we started that he should have been im- and congratulate you that based The jubilant family members Kolkata and did menial jobs to Australia tour to today.” off and unfortunate dismissal bit NEW DELHI: The COVID-19 mediately isolated with a Rapid on your past performance and told news agency Kashmir News support his family. He feels that batsmen now we couldn’t have done anything positive case of Krunal Pandya Antigen Test (self test kit) done. understand their roles better. about it,” concluded Rohit. during the white ball tour of But nothing of that sort hap- Sri Lanka has raised questions pened,” a BCCI source privy to about BCCI’s medical officer on developments in Sri Lanka, told tour delaying RT-PCR test by PTI on conditions of anonymity. First Test, Day 1: West a day, leading to eight players “Although Rapid Antigen Test India All Out For 364 In missing out on two T20I games. is not conclusive but it’s the first Indies 2/2 After Dismissing It has now emerged that part of protocol. But I can con- Krunal, after sensing symptoms firm, Krunal despite throat pain 1st Innings On Day 2 At Lord’s like throat pain, had immediately attended team meeting,” Pakistan For 217 red-flagged team’s accompanying “In fact, another question that’s Press Trust of India Agencies was unbeaten on one. Earlier, doctor Abhijit Salvi on July 26 but being raised is how come BCCI’s Pakistan reached 21 before both neither was a Rapid Antigen Test medical team in Sri Lanka agreed LONDON: India were bowled out KINGSTON: The West Indies stum- openers fell within nine balls. (RAT) done right away nor was to testing every fifth day whereas for 364 in their first innings on bled to stumps at 2-2 Thursday Roach bowled Butt (11) in the the player immediately isolated. in IPL, testing is done every third the second day of the second Test after dismissing Pakistan for 217 seventh over and Seales claimed In fact, despite throat pain, day,” the source added. against England here on Friday. on an eventful opening day in the his first wicket next over when the team doctor allowed the “Thanks to secretary Jay Shah, In reply, England was 24-2 first cricket test. he had Abid Ali (9) caught be- player to attend the team meet- who intervened and the crisis of after tea with Mohammed Siraj Twelve wickets fell on a day hind. Azhar Ali and skipper ing and only on July 27 morning a series cancellation was avert- removing Dom Sibley for 11 and shortened by bad light after the Babar Azam added 47 for the was his RT-PCR Test done. The ed by isolating all close con- Haseeb Hameed for 0. The early West Indies won the toss and third wicket before Seales struck reports came late in afternoon tacts. His move saved the series inroads have put India in firm sent Pakistan in to bat. again, having Ali (17) caught by after which BCCI and SLC decid- and also helped the Sri Lankan control of the second test. Five Pakistan batsmen got Holder at second slip to a ball ed to jointly postpone the game Cricket board. But had the medi- The 39-year-old James starts but Fawad Alam’s 56 was that bounced sharply and came by a day as eight of his close cal team been pro-active, the Anderson’s name will go up on the only half century of an in- off the shoulder of the bat. contacts were also tested. situation could have been avert- the famous Honours Board at nings that lasted 70 overs. Pakistan didn’t add to the score Initially all of them tested ed,” the BCCI insider said. Lord’s for the seventh time in his Pacemen Jason Holder (3-26) before Roach had Azam (30) negative but later before the The man in question Salvi was career after compiling figures and Jayden Seales (3-70) took three caught behind in the next over. team left Sri Lanka, Krishnappa contacted by the PTI for his side of 5-62 at the home of cricket wickets each and Kemar Roach Fawad Alam rebuilt the innings Gowtham and Yuzvendra Chahal of the story. as England roared back into the added 2-47 for the West Indies. in middle-order partnerships of were also found to be positive. “I will not make any com- match. This was his 31st five runs in the second session of the and Ajinkya Rahane (1 run off Just when Day 1 seemed to be 33 with Mohammad Rizwan (23) The Indian white ball team ments,” Salvi said. wicket haul. day for the loss of three wickets. 23 balls) departed early with going all one way, Pakistan pacer and 85 with Faheem Ashraf, who led by Shikhar Dhawan and The T20 series defeat was pri- India added just 88 runs to Rishabh Pant played well pacers Ollie Robinson and James Mohammad Abbas (2-0) had left- scored 44 from 66 deliveries before coached by Rahul Dravid played marily due to India only having four its dominant overnight score of against the English bowlers but Anderson giving England mas- hander Kieran Powell well caught he was run out in the 63rd over by three ODIs and three T20 specialist batsmen with as many as 276-3, losing four wickets before fell for 37 runs off 58 balls. India sive breakthroughs. low at second slip by Imran Butt Roston Chase with a diving, under- Internationals winning the first eight close contacts of Krunal were lunch and another three in the lost two wickets in quick suc- The five-match series is lev- and trapped Nkrumah Bonner arm throw from square leg. series 2-1 and losing the short- put in mandatory isolation after first hour of the second session. cession. Moeen Ali dismissed elled at 0-0 after the rain-marred lbw on consecutive deliveries in The innings lasted seven more est format 1-2. the player tested positive. Resuming at 346 for seven Mohammed Shami for 0. KL opener ended in a draw at his second over. overs with Fawad bowled by Holder, “Krunal had throat pain The trio of Krunal, Chahal and after lunch, India added just 18 Rahul (129 runs off 250 balls) Nottingham. West Indies captain Kraigg ending his 117-ball, three-hour in- on July 26 and he followed Gowtham returned home ear- Brathwaite survived the four- nings, among the three Pakistan the protocol informing the lier this month. over spell before stumps and wickets to fall with the total on 217. Unmukt Chand, India’s U19 World Lukaku Seals €115 million Return To Chelsea From Inter Agencies after his move from Everton two years earlier for 75 million Cup-Winning Captain, Retires LONDON: Romelu Lukaku sealed a pounds (then $97 million). Press Trust of India return to Chelsea on Thursday night With its finances badly hit by by moving from Inter Milan for a re- the coronavirus pandemic and NEW DELHI: Unmukt Chand, who ported $135 million, a record trans- an early elimination from the had led India to U-19 World Cup fer fee for the European champions. Champions League, Inter has title triumph but struggled to rep- The Belgium striker is back at been looking to reduce its wage licate his success at the senior lev- the London club where he spent bill and make a large profit in el, on Friday announced his retire- three seasons from 2011, though the offseason transfer window ment from all forms of the game. he was out on loan for two of after taking out a loan from Chand, 28, announced the deci- those years before being sold an American investment fund. sion on social media with a series for 28 million pounds (now $39 Lukaku follows right-back Achraf of tweets and a lengthy note along million) to Everton. Hakimi, who joined Paris Saint- with his some memorable videos. Now, Lukaku is one of the Germain for 60 million euros ($71 In all probability, Chand will world’s best strikers, prompting million), out of the door at Inter. play in a T20 league in the United Chelsea to buy him back for more Lukaku didn’t score in 15 ap- States, like his U19 World Cup- than three times that fee to make pearances in his first spell at winning team-mate Smit Patel. him the second most expensive Chelsea, which he joined a de- To compete there, he needed player in Premier League history. cade ago dreaming of being as to announce his retirement since out had shaped India’s victory. Dhoni and Virat Kohli. England midfielder Jack Grealish successful as club great Didier the BCCI does not allow its regis- “Cricket is a universal game The Delhi-born top-order bats- joined Manchester City from Drogba. Now he will get that tered players to compete in for- and even though the means man wrote his World Cup memoir, Aston Villa last week for 100 mil- chance at the second attempt. eign T20 Leagues. might change, the end goal is still something that had even amused lion pounds ($139 million). “The way the club is going “Though a part of me is not at the same – to play cricket at the former India captain Rahul Dravid. “I’m happy and blessed to be fits my ambitions perfectly at peace with the way things have highest level,” the former U-19 But there were also many in- back at this wonderful club,” 28 and just coming off winning unfolded in the last few years, I skipper further wrote. stances in his life, which did not go Lukaku said. ”It’s been a long Serie A,” he said. “I think this still choose to see the silver lining He also thanked the BCCI and down well with former cricketers. journey for me: I came here as a opportunity comes at the right and with fond memories bid adieu described winning the U-19 He once took a break from India kid who had a lot to learn, now time and hopefully we can have to BCCI and seek better opportu- World Cup as the biggest mo- A camp to attend a talk show sem- I’m coming back with a lot of ex- which became European cham- charge in 2003 and the club has a lot of success together. nities around the world,” Unmukt ment of his life. After his U19 inar of a private channel which perience and more mature. pions without having a regu- spent big again to entice Lukaku, “Since I left Chelsea, it’s been wrote in the lengthy note. exploits, former Australia skipper had prompted former World Cup “The relationship I have with lar center forward after Timo who scored 47 goals in 72 ap- a long journey with a lot of ups Chand, a right-handed bats- Ian Chappell had written in one winning India skipper Kapil Dev this club means so much to me, Werner underwhelmed follow- pearances in Serie A for Inter and downs, but these experi- man and off-break bowler, who his columns that he should be in- to criticize him on the stage. as you know. I have supported ing his move from Leipzig. in his two seasons in Italy. Inter ences made me strong and the led India to 2012 U19 World Cup cluded in the Indian team. Dev’s team-mate and former Chelsea as a kid and now to be Werner joined last year as won the league last season for challenge is to try to help the win, soon became a household For Chand things happened at chairman of selectors Sandeep back and try to help them win part of Chelsea’s biggest offsea- the first time since 2010. team win some more trophies. name in the country. a break-neck speed as he landed Patil wanted him to be sent to more titles is an amazing feeling.” son spending spree — nearly Lukaku joined Inter in 2019 I can’t wait to get started and Chand was the ‘Man of the a big television commercial with Zimbabwe in 2015, but he some- A striker was regarded as a pri- $300 million — since Russian from Manchester United, having to help the club achieve more Match’ in the final, as his 111 not the legendary Mahendra Singh how missed the bus. ority this offseason for Chelsea, owner Roman Abramovich took failed to settle at Old Trafford success.” OUT POST Saturday | 14.08.2021 12 3 Accused Of Assaulting Those Who Own One Flat Muslim Man In UP Get Multi-layered Security Shouldn't Be Allowed 4-5 Bail 24 Hours After Arrest Arrangements at Red Fort Cars: Bombay High Court Trans Asia News abusing and beating him. They Agenceis developers do not provide suf- threatened to kill him along for Independence Day ficient parking spaces in new Kanpur: Three people arrest- with his family members. Mumbai: Expressing anguish apartment colonies, thereby forc- ed for parading a 45-year-old Kanpur Police Commissioner over the lack of any uniform ing residents to park outside the Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh's Asim Arun said the three men policy in Maharashtra over des- premises of the housing society. Kanpur town through a street, were arrested on Thursday ignated parking spaces for vehi- "Reduction in the purchase assaulting him and making him night. One of the arrested, Aman cles, the Bombay High Court has of new cars is needed. You can't chant "Jai Shri Ram" slogans Gupta, has affiliation to the said that authorities must not permit one family to have four have been granted bail less than Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), allow citizens to own multiple to five vehicles just because they 24 hours after their arrest. police said. personal vehicles if they didn't can afford it. You should cross- Three people, including one Besides Gupta, the two others have adequate parking space. check if they have parking spaces having affiliation to the Vishva arrested are Rajesh, alias Jay, and A bench of Chief Justice or not," the high court said. Hindu Parishad, had been ar- Rahul. Dipankar Datta and Justice GS The high court questioned rested for thrashing e-rickshaw After the arrest, a mob of Kulkarni said on Thursday that the rules challenged in the PIL driver Asrar Ahmad here and Bajrang Dal workers held a pro- authorities "should not allow and said there will be "chaos if a asking him to chant "Jai Shri test outside the concerned po- families owning only one flat proper policy on vehicle parking Ram", police said on Friday. lice station in Kanpur and left to have four or five cars if they is not formulated". A one-minute distressing only after what they called 'as- do not have sufficient parking "All roads are flooded with video of the incident surfaced surances' from the police about space" available in their respec- vehicles and everywhere, 30 per on social media, in which Asrar a fair investigation, saying they tive housing societies. cent space of roads is taken away is seen being thrashed by some would return if those arrested The bench was hearing a pub- by parking on both sides. It is a violent men. Asrar's crying little were not released soon. lic interest litigation (PIL) filed common phenomenon," it said. daughter is seen clinging on to On Friday, only a day after the by a Navi Mumbai resident and "These are genuine public her father and trying to to pro- incident, all the accused were activist Sandeep Thakur, chal- concerns which have to be taken tect him from the attackers. granted bail. lenging a government notifica- into consideration to come up Later, some policemen took The incident comes on the tion that amended the Unified with long-term measures so that him to their jeep. It did not back of growing instances of Development Control and we do not have a chaotic society. stop here. The video also shows attacks on Muslims in Uttar Promotion Regulations Rules, There has to be a policy in place." the miscreants hitting the man Pradesh, ahead of the Assembly permitting developers to reduce The high court directed state's while in police custody while elections due early next year. car parking space. counsel Manish Pable to file a re- police personnel are seen “mute The promulgation the Uttar Mr Thakur said in his plea that ply to the PIL within two weeks. spectators”. Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Agenceis rooms situated in and around the motorcycle, the police said. According to the First Religious Conversion, an or- Red Fort area, police said. Patrolling on motorboats will Information Report (FIR) filed dinance, commonly known as NEW DELHI: A multi-layered There will be around 5,000 se- be carried out in the Yamuna by the victim’s family, Asrar “Love Jihad”, has further em- security cover has been put in curity personnel at the Red Fort river by the Delhi Police to ensure Scientists Build Soft Robots was driving his e-rickshaw at boldened to Hindutva outfits to place to secure the historic Red and they will adhere to social dis- no untoward incident takes place around 3 p.m on Wednesday target Muslim youth and create Fort from where Prime Minister tancing norms, they said. in the national capital. From Waste Onion Peels when a group of men wearing a sense of fear among the com- Narendra Modi will address the The Delhi Police had erected Security arrangements have saffron gamchha (towel) started munity, point out critics. nation on the 75nd Independence a huge wall of shipping contain- also been tightened at the Delhi Day on Sunday. ers decorated with graffiti for the borders where thousands of The security ring, including first time earlier this month at farmers have been protesting for NSG snipers, elite SWAT com- the main gate of Red Fort for se- over seven months against the Mumbai Reports First Death mandos, kite catchers, canine curity reasons. centre’s new agri laws. units and sharpshooters on high- The containers have been The police have already carried Due To Delta Plus Variant, rise buildings, has been placed placed in such a way that no out anti-sabotage checks in the around the Mughal-era fort, and one will be able to see inside the area and visited hotels in the vi- Third In Maharashtra adherence to social distancing premises of the fort when the cinity in search of suspicious ele- norms will be must like last year prime minister addresses the ments, officials said, adding secu- due to the Covid pandemic. nation. Nobody would be able rity verification of the residents, According to the police, anti- to peek inside the fort from the including tenants and servants, drone systems have also been Chandani Chowk and adjoining has also been conducted. installed at the Red Fort in view areas, the polcie said. On Friday morning, a full- of the recent terror attack at IAF The move comes after many dress rehearsal of the 75th Agenceis for slightly longer durations such station in Jammu airport where protesters driving tractors Independence Day celebrations that the achieved photomechani- Pakistan-based terrorists used reached the Red Fort and entered was held at the Red Fort. sing porous carbon cal actuation can be enhanced. drones to strike the vital installa- the monument on January 26 and Personnel from the Army, Navy nanoparticles from waste "A team led by prof. S Krishna tion for the first time. hoisted a religious flag. and Air Force marched across the Uonion peels, a team of sci- Prasad at the Centre for Nano India’s Olympic contingent Over 70 police vehicles – in- Mughal-era structure. entists have developed soft ro- and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), will be at the Red Fort as special cluding PCR vans, ‘PRAKHAR’ vans The security arrangements were botic actuators with enhanced Bengaluru, has realised such a guests on August 15. and QRT (Quick Reaction Team) stringent and there were traffic re- photomechanical capacity, the possibility by utilising porous Over 350 cameras have been vans will be stationed at the Red strictions during the rehearsal. The Department of Science and carbon nanoparticles (PCNs)," installed and their footage is be- Fort area as part of security de- Red Fort has already been closed Technology said. the DST said. ing monitored round the clock ployment along with intensified for public, officials said. The actuators can act as effi- In the research work recently pub- through two-police control patrolling by police personnel on Police personnel have been asked cient traps for illuminating low- lished in the 'Journal of Nanostructure power near-infrared (NIR) light in Chemistry,' the porous nano- MUMBAI: Mumbai has recorded Delta Plus variant while the re- and can convert a control signal carbons (PCN) prepared from waste its first death due to the Delta sults of others were awaited, the into mechanical motion with onion peels by Gurumurthy Hegde Plus variant of coronavirus BMC official said. Air Travel Becomes Costlier As Govt Raises Caps bioengineering applications at the BMS College of Engineering in with a 63-year-old fully vac- Earlier, an 80-year-old woman such as drug delivery, wearable Bengaluru, it added. cinated woman succumbing to from Ratnagiri district who had On Domestic Airfares By Up To 13 Per Cent and assistive devices, prosthe- The specific surface area of the infection in the last week been infected with the Delta Plus ses, and even artificial organs. the high porosity PCNs were of July, a civic official said. This variant died on June 13. She had Agenceis amounts when the demand for increase of 12.5 per cent. The Soft robots or actuators con- efficient traps for the illuminat- was the third recorded death not taken even a single dose of seats is high. upper cap on these flights was sisting of rubber-like polymer ing low-power near-infrared due to the Delta Plus variant in COVID-19 vaccine, officials said. NEW DELHI: Domestic air travel In an order dated August 12, increased by 12.82 per cent to with embedded nanomaterial, (NIR) light resulting in the film Maharashtra, state officials said. Another death due to the is set to become costlier as the 2021, the ministry increased Rs 13,200 on Thursday. which convert a source of en- comprising PCNs and PDMS Following the woman’s death Delta Plus variant was reported Civil Aviation Ministry has raised the lower limit for flights under Now, domestic flights of dura- ergy to mechanical motion, have achieving large magnitude in Mumbai, at least two of her at Nagothane in Raigad district, the lower as well as upper caps 40 minutes of duration from Rs tion between 90-120, 120-150, been gaining much interest with (multi-mm) actuation with fast close contacts were also found about 100 km from Mumbai, in on fares by 9.83 to 12.82 percent, 2,600 to Rs 2,900 - an increase 150-180 and 180-210 minutes have targeted applications in areas, (sub-second) responses. These infected with the variant which is July. Nidhi Chaudhari, Raigad according to an official order. of 11.53 per cent. The upper cap lower caps of Rs Rs 5,300, Rs 6,700, including bio-medical, military, features are seldom obtained considered highly infectious, said collector, told PTI that a 69-year- India had imposed lower and for flights under 40 minutes Rs 8,300 and Rs 9,800, respectively, and remote space operations. in single-layer films containing the Brihanmumbai Municipal old man who was suffering from upper limits on airfares based of duration was increased by as per the ministry's order. Generation of predesigned any other carbon nanostructure. Corporation (BMC) official. co-morbidities tested positive on on flight duration when ser- 12.82 per cent to Rs 8,800. Till date, domestic flights of motion facilitated by their flex- The researchers attribute the A resident of suburban July 15 and died on July 22. The vices were resumed on May 25, Similarly, flights with duration duration between 90-120, 120- ibility, affordability, and easy heat-trapping capability to the man- Ghatkopar, the woman died on report about his Delta Plus infec- 2020, after a two-month lock- between 40-60 minutes have a 150, 150-180 and 180-210 min- customisation are the main rea- ner in which the PCN is prepared. July 27 in the ICU of a hospi- tion was received later, she said. down due to coronavirus. lower limit of Rs 3,700 instead of utes had the lower limits of Rs sons for such interest. Pragnya Satapathy, a senior tal. Only on August 11 the state “This person was fully vacci- The lower caps were im- Rs 3,300 now, the order said. The 4,700, Rs 6,100, Rs 7,400 and Rs The high thermal conductivity research fellow, said, "Exhaustive authorities learnt that she had nated,” the collector said, add- posed to help the airlines that upper cap on these flights was 8,700, respectively. of these nanoforms results in rap- measurements performed show Delta Plus variant infection after ing that there was no reason for have been struggling financial- increased by 12.24 per cent to Rs The lower cap on flights be- id distribution of the heat gener- that the photothermal conver- the genome sequencing report panic as the administration has ly due to coronavirus-related 11,000 on Thursday. tween 120-150 minutes dura- ated locally by thermal and photo- sion efficiency and the heat- came, the official said. traced all his close contacts. travel restrictions. The upper The flights with duration tion was increased by 9.83 per thermal stimuli, the DST said. trapping capability is seen to The woman had taken both Two days ago, the caps were imposed so that pas- between 60-90 minutes have cent to Rs 6,700, as per the new To take these actuators to the be strongly correlated with the the doses of Covishield vaccine, Maharashtra government had sengers are not charged huge a lower limit of Rs 4,500 - an order. next level of development, heat pyrolysis temperature employed but tested coronavirus positive said 20 new cases of the Delta traps can be created to capture for PCN preparation, and thus is on July 21 with symptoms like Plus variant were detected in the and contain the generated heat an effective control parameter." dry cough, loss of taste, body- state on Wednesday and seven ache and headache, he said. of them were in Mumbai. She was put on oxygen sup- It took the number of patients port and given steroids and found infected with this variant Remdesivir, he said, adding that in the state to 65, said a health de- she had no travel history or his- partment statement. Of the newly tory of reinfection. detected cases, seven were in Watch to know more in this episode Her six close contacts also test- Mumbai, three in Pune, two each ed coronavirus positive. Genome in Nanded, Gondia, Raigad, Palghar, of Inkishaf on KASHMIR OBSERVER sequencing showed that two of and one each in Chandrapur and YouTube Channel them had been infected with the Akola districts, it said. PTI https://youtube.com/c/kobserver Odisha Man Bites And Kills Snake In Bizzare Revenge Case

Agenceis killing the viper on the spot," said Badra. JAJPUR: In a bizarre case of hu- Following the incident he man revenge, a 45-year-old trib- came back to his village with the al man reportedly bit a snake to dead snake and told his wife the death after the latter bit him in a whole tale. remote village in Odisha's Jajpur Soon this became the talk of district. the village with Badra exhibiting Kishore Badra of the snake to his friends. Gambharipatia village under Some onlookers advised Salijanga panchayat under Badra to visit a nearby hospital, Danagadi block was returning but he refused to go to the hos- home after working in his paddy pital and instead went to a tra- field on Wednesday night, when ditional healer to seek advice on when a snake bit him on his leg. the same night. Badra managed to capture the Luckily for Badra, the snake viper and bit it to death in a bid bite and his biting the snake has to take revenge. seemingly had no impact on him. "Something bit on my leg Badra none the worse for while I was returning home on his bizarre adventure, said on foot last night. I switched on my Thursday, "even though I bit the torch and found it to be a poi- poisonous krait, I did not feel sonous krait snake. In order to any difficulty. I went to a tradi- take revenge, I took the snake in tional healer residing near the my hands and bit it repeatedly, village and was cured."